- 181. Re: [TenTec] roofing filters.... (score: 1)
- Author: Duane A Calvin <ac5aa@juno.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 09:24:49 -0600
- Mark, Unless you're constantly running in a multi-multi contest station, or live nearby one, you don't need this mod. The VI+ is already an awesome performer. Wish I could have kept mine when I bough
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-02/msg00338.html (7,675 bytes)
- 182. Re: [TenTec] Noisy RF Environment (score: 1)
- Author: Duane A Calvin <ac5aa@juno.com>
- Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 18:29:13 -0600
- Try unplugging the TV's. Many of them have power supplies that are noisy, and you need the PS on to keep the remote control circuitry alive... I returned a Zenith several years ago that had LOUD carr
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-01/msg00215.html (12,325 bytes)
- 183. Re: [TenTec] Binaural (Stereo) CW Redux! (score: 1)
- Author: Duane A Calvin <ac5aa@juno.com>
- Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 13:03:26 -0600
- I think the purpose is to allow better readability during contesting where you must run with filters open (if you're running on a frequency). The idea is that any help you can get in separating signa
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-01/msg00449.html (11,565 bytes)
- 184. Re: [TenTec] Thanks to all my Orion is performing better but, (score: 1)
- Author: Duane A Calvin <ac5aa@juno.com>
- Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 22:23:29 -0600
- Simple to check out -- turn off the computer and pull the plug to all the computer gear and see what happens. Besides, Jim, you're in Texas - it's NEVER quiet on 80m in Texas. You need beverages or o
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-01/msg00668.html (8,716 bytes)
- 185. Re: [TenTec] Thanks to all my Orion is performing better but, (score: 1)
- Author: Duane A Calvin <ac5aa@juno.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 19:59:57 -0600
- Just a quick repeat of my comment earlier - you can't just turn off the PC and the monitor. You must remove all AC and backup DC power from them. I had a monitor that spewed noisy carriers all over t
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-01/msg00733.html (10,740 bytes)
- 186. Re: [TenTec] Orion reset (score: 1)
- Author: Duane A Calvin <ac5aa@juno.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 23:44:29 -0600
- He's up in the Panhandle... He's welcome to stop my my place and play with my Orion if he ever gets to Austin! 73, Duane -- Duane Calvin, AC5AA Austin, Texas http://home.austin.rr.com/ac5aa
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-01/msg00785.html (11,988 bytes)
- 187. Re: [TenTec] Jupiter (score: 1)
- Author: Duane A Calvin <ac5aa@juno.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 23:32:32 -0600
- I don't think that's the point - the firmware is a different level of code than Carl's code, and has many more limitations including those of time to develop, test, etc,. in order to get the rig to m
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-01/msg00786.html (8,971 bytes)
- 188. Re: [TenTec] TCXO for OmniVI+ (score: 1)
- Author: Duane A Calvin <ac5aa@juno.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 15:32:49 -0600
- Not so. My VI+, purchased new in Nov '97 did not have TCXO. It was at least a couple of years later that it was incorporated, if my memory is correct. 73, Duane Duane Calvin, AC5AA Austin, Texas
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-01/msg00848.html (9,369 bytes)
- 189. Re: [TenTec] Centurion Question (score: 1)
- Author: Duane A Calvin <ac5aa@juno.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 18:37:07 -0600
- This could happen if your power is right on the edge of 1000W and a very small variation in that power would drop it below the value needed to light that one LED. I don't know the circuitry, but it c
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-01/msg00852.html (8,815 bytes)
- 190. [TenTec] New Orion Update (score: 1)
- Author: Duane A Calvin <ac5aa@juno.com>
- Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 13:10:21 -0600
- The RF signal handling on strong signals definitely has issues in the new update. Last night, K5NA on 160m measured S9+35 on the S meter, and the tone was completely missing on his CW signal - I had
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-12/msg00132.html (7,662 bytes)
- 191. Re: [TenTec] New Orion Update (score: 1)
- Author: Duane A Calvin <ac5aa@juno.com>
- Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 16:35:12 -0600
- No, I didn't think to try that, Toby. I usually go for the attenuators first since they're fast and easy. If I catch them on again this evening before the end of the contest, I'll try what you sugges
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-12/msg00147.html (9,603 bytes)
- 192. Re: [TenTec] Re: TenTec Digest, Vol 24, Issue 13 (score: 1)
- Author: Duane A Calvin <ac5aa@juno.com>
- Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 18:30:02 -0600
- This is NOT a recommended fix on the Orion. Shield pin connector is actually audio return, and not ground on the Orion, so tying it to ground is not recommended. Check the archives - there was a long
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-12/msg00152.html (10,413 bytes)
- 193. Re: [TenTec] Orion rf gain control glitch (score: 1)
- Author: Duane A Calvin <ac5aa@juno.com>
- Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 15:46:56 -0600
- Bob, I tried to send you 1.371, but your email bounced. 73, Duane -- Duane Calvin, AC5AA Austin, Texas http://home.austin.rr.com/ac5aa
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-12/msg00305.html (10,494 bytes)
- 194. Re: [TenTec] Orion (score: 1)
- Author: Duane A Calvin <ac5aa@juno.com>
- Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 17:40:27 -0600
- DO NOT connect pin 2 to chassis ground on the Orion. I posted earlier this week about this! It does not work on the Orion because now you have tied one side of a differential audio input to chassis g
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-12/msg00432.html (11,037 bytes)
- 195. Re: [TenTec] Omni VI Opt. 3 Stopped Transmitting (score: 1)
- Author: Duane A Calvin <ac5aa@juno.com>
- Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 17:44:14 -0600
- Scott, Sounds like you're starting to have the infamous intermittent +12V connection to the power amp. THis is not very hard to cure, or TT can handle it for you if you don't feel up to it. Mine deve
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-12/msg00433.html (8,835 bytes)
- 196. Re: [TenTec] Noise (score: 1)
- Author: Duane A Calvin <ac5aa@juno.com>
- Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 17:48:00 -0600
- Turning on the noise blanker causes the dynamic range of the RX to suffer substantially. That's why you'll get garbage from nearby stations when you turn it on. The reason CW tones sound raspy is bec
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-12/msg00434.html (10,099 bytes)
- 197. Re: [TenTec] Windows Logging Software? (score: 1)
- Author: Duane A Calvin <ac5aa@juno.com>
- Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 17:59:08 -0600
- OK, someone has to nominate it, so I will . . . DX4WIN does a superb job, is solid, talks to TT gear, helps you track awards and has super support, both from the authors and from an orderly and helpf
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-12/msg00504.html (8,483 bytes)
- 198. Re: [TenTec] GFI Problems (score: 1)
- Author: Duane A Calvin <ac5aa@juno.com>
- Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 15:40:30 -0600
- Hello Charles, GFI breakers are very sensitive, and can trip from induced current if you have just a long circuit attached to it (I think they're spec'ed to be OK up to 100' (or 150' - I forget the e
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-12/msg00565.html (9,802 bytes)
- 199. Re: [TenTec] Omni 6 sensitivity (score: 1)
- Author: Duane A Calvin <ac5aa@juno.com>
- Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 17:22:18 -0600
- I also moved from an IC-765 to the Omni VI+ back in 1997. I found the identical scenario regarding hearing weak signals near strong ones, but my 765 had *significantly* more IF-chain hiss than the Om
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-12/msg00719.html (10,659 bytes)
- 200. Re: [TenTec] Centurian 422 vs Titan III (score: 1)
- Author: Duane A Calvin <ac5aa@juno.com>
- Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 17:27:56 -0600
- As much as I like the Centurion, go for the Titan III. Why? The 3-500Z's put out by RF Parts and used in the Centurion just aren't as stout as the GU-400B's used in a number of amps today. You're rig
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-12/msg00720.html (10,733 bytes)
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