That's true, Shawn, but the best place for a preamp in VHF usage is at the antenna - before you lose the signal in the coax! 73, Duane (once upon a time, a VHF contester!) -- Duane Calvin, AC5AA Aust
Crit, Why not just add a SCAF filter, or a used Timewave DSP to the Argonaut if you like it otherwise? Either will do a credible job of reducing any tiring "hiss" from the audio output for a very rea
Keith, Check polling rate to see if changing that helps. I have run both the Orion and Orion II with DX4WIN 7.0x and see only a slight delay (on the order of 0.5 second) to changes in band or mode to
Jerry, Carl's answer is the short and sweet one. I had an interesting exchange of letters with the TT president about the Centaur when it came out and I documented the noise level in my shack caused
Gregg, My recommendation would be to remember the Orion is different from any radio you've used before. It has extreme control flexibility which can, if you try to jump right in, get confusing. So, a
Same here, Hank. If I run the fan and the light in my 238B from that +12V socket, I get a "buzzing" above 28.300 MHz. Nothing below that, but quite noticeable above. It is teh brushes in the fan, I b
Sinisa, What do you recommend then as a method for picking off a sample for the 'scope? Is there a relatively inexpensive method that gives reliable results? 73, Duane Duane Calvin, AC5AA Austin, Tex
Yes, that is one way to do it, but you get highly correlated signal plus whatever noise is on that frequency. The other approach removes the non-correlated noise leaving the signal alone ( or close e
Rick, In RTTY, there is really no "convention" between TNC and rig that always holds true. So, most RTTY/FSK software allows you to invert the transmit tones to correct for that. The Orion is one of
For those of you who work mobile CW, I'm curious what you use for a paddle? I have the Begali Traveller Lite, and find that while the magnetic tensioning is great for fixed position operating, it has
Tell me about it - mine was the next WBL he was to produce when he decided to stop building keys. I had several long conversations on the phone with him, so I understand why he made the decision he d
We're starting to stray from the question asked, and I wanted to thank all the responders. I have a good idea of what I'll be trying. By the way, I can play guitar, sing at the same time, but not car
It just amazes me how a thread on this reflector can start on one subject and morph into another! That said, it also amazes me when someone claim to copy faster than 20 WPM and isn't copying in their
Whoops - meant to say adjustable spring tensioning and "travel" on each paddle (not spacing). 73, Duane -- Duane Calvin, AC5AA Austin, Texas http://home.austin.rr.com/ac5aa
I picked up a pen at the "Hamsexy" booth at Dayton that said "20 WPM Code Pen". It didn't help. :-) So, I gave it to a friend who is hoping the FCC will eliminate the code requirement, but is studyin
Ted, The settings I use are: Radio: Orion Address: 00 Baud Rate: 57600 COM Port: (whatever you're using) As of today, I'm running mine thru a microHam DigiKeyer on COM1 Poll Rate: 500 ms Max Tries: 6
Two questions about the FT-2000 I had intended to ask Chip Margelli while at Dayton and I forgot: 1. Did they finally fix the legendary Yaesu key click problem? 2. Did they finally fix the legendary
Actually, it's the mailing of the tickets that didn't start until April 1. They've been on sale for some time now. I ordered mine several weeks ago. BTW, DX dinner tickets are also on sale. 73, Duane
Vic, Reversing tones will not fix an offset problem. It will invert your signal and make you uncopyable to others (unless your setup is reversed.) The usual tipoff that you're inverted is that the st