Paul, I knew you'd ask that - I'm not the expert on this, and had to play a bit to rediscover it ... hold the VFO B "Lck" button while powering on and keep holding it for about 5 seconds - you'll hea
Pete, Though I'm a Ten-Tec fan, I find the IC-706mkII or mkIIG work fine for me. I have two of them - one in the truck that works well on both HF and VHF, and one in the shack that works as a VHF rad
Bill, You're expecting way too much of most of the folk on this list . . . :-) Duane (one of the incompetent incompetents!) -- Duane Calvin, AC5AA Austin, Texas http://home.austin.rr.com/ac5aa
Jim, I had a 6n2 and "stupidly" replaced it with a 706mkIIG thinking I'd have both the VHF and the HF bands - I do, but I really wanted great performance on VHF. The 6n2 seemed to work a bit better f
I'll tag onto Don's fine append about Scott's travel to Texas later this month. For those of you in the Central Texas area, Scott will be at the Central Texas DX & Contest Club (CTDXCC) meeting on Mo
Interesting. I ran my VI+ on a number of occasions in RTTY contests and never needed a fan on the rig. In fact, I had a Centurion amp sitting to the LEFT of the radio, which means the hot exhaust ble
Just like they kept the original a secret until they announced it. Jeez, guys..... The guy who ordered yesterday can call back and ask his order be changed to the Orion II. I know someone who is abou
I wondered how long it would take our local conspiracy theorists to chime in. Gosh, it was almost 24 hours. You're getting slow, guys! 73, Duane Duane Calvin, AC5AA Austin, Texas
I agree with Bernard - I find second hand information is often inaccurate for one of any number of reasons. I have heard at least one "other side" of a story - not this one. A couple of years ago, on
I think you're getting confused. They would sell to the dealer at the same price they sell to us minus the small percentage the returns program costs them. At the current margin rates in the dealer/m
See comments below: Can't guess what this means . . . Different. Notice that they have different part numbers now - 2001, etc. Why? I suppose for the visually impaired it could be a help, but why put
Bull. I know the Reviews editor personally, and he'd rather leave a negative posting than kill it. If I remember correctly, the only reason he will delete a negative posting is if the reviewer never
I have a pamphlet from back in the 60's called "The Unsupportable Superlative" that I'm always reminded of when I read this kind of ad content. This little tome lists all the then current catch phras
My RS-35M was old and worn when I bought it over 10 years ago, and it's still going strong. Lots of RF in the shack, but no problem for the Astron (and the negative post has never been tied to the ch
Over the last week or so I've purchased a Studio 1 microphone and a Heil boom to get the microphone up off the desk top. (I keep smacking the desk mic when reaching for the key - hi!) Anyway, long st
Hi Martin, I'm very concerned that the shielding and build quality on Rad Shack or music store cables might not be adequate. Also, remember that TT wires their 4-pin adapter with the PTT return to th
Thanks for the offer Bob. I have no trouble making the cable, I was just curious how others had worked around this issue. So far, there are three interesting options. As noted in an earlier append, I