They also didn't use gold knobs or a titanium cover. Oh, boo-hoo, Ten-Tec cut corners on my Orion. Please, guys, making financial decisions to hit a marketing window doesn't imply "cutting corners."
Lee, I have owned both. I had a Centurion for several years, then moved to an Alpha 99 (very similar to the 91b except it is built in the US and has more US parts in it.) I liked my Centurion a lot,
I have run mine with two, and both work just fine. First is an Astron RS-35M (25A constant duty), and the 2nd is a W5RV 50A supply. No power or RF issues at all with either of them. 73, Duane Duane C
Is either one of the ads from someone with zero feedback? That could be an indicator. Then again, if not, one of them may have had his account hijacked. The ebay scammers are getting pretty bold late
Two questions for those of you who own 526's (early versions): 1. Do you also have an S6 birdie at 146.64? (Unfortunately, it's smack on top of the repeater I spend the most time on - when I'm on rep
My Model 238 tuner looks out of place on the bench with the new Orion and the Alpha 99. I now have a 238-B to replace it. It is well cared for, is in perfect working order (like new) and has no scrat
OK, risking the firestorm from the Orion and the Heil crowd, here goes! (Let's keep responses to technical discussion, OK?) When I attempt to use my ProSet with an OLD Ten-Tec adapter (about 8 years
Lee - Mine is only about 8 weeks old, so I'm assuming it has the ground connection made at the connector. I'm looking more at whether modifying the Heil adapter will solve the problem. I'll probably
Quote from the manual addendum: "The microphone cable shield must be tied to the transceiver's microphone connector shell. That is normally done by clamping the shield runner under the strain-relief
Here's a quick report on what I found. By taking pin 2 to the connector case (pin 1 is mic, pin 2 is shield), the audio gets becomes distorted - buzzy.. Turning on the speech processor, even on just
Yep - the problem with the diagram in the Orion manual is that it assumes there will be a mic + and - connection separate from the shield. In the Heil setup, and in most similar ham wiring I've seen,
Thanks, guys - there have been some very useful ideas to try in the various notes. The most lucrative to me look like the ones talking about separating the shields/grounds. Should be interesting sinc
If the Orion uses balanced input, then why do they label pins 1 and 2 as Mic (1) and gnd (2)? And the PTT switch uses PTT (3) and gnd (2). It appears to be an unbalanced input, and handling of the "g
Thanks, Warren - that's useful information. One question - you attached the shield of your adapter to the connector shell, and that leaves you 2 wires for the microphone. Did you not include the foot
For those of you with one of these rigs, have you ever had it lock up or seem to go into oscillation? The one I recently purchased at swapmeet worked fine for 4-5 hours, then, when I hit the V/M butt
Orion how to GUI's that look ... snip ... That's interesting. Why would I want a GUI that looks just like the Orion? I can get that on the Orion only better since I wouldn't have to mouse around it..
Sorry for the off-topic post, but I'm hoping someone here has experience they can help me with. I've listed my 2m all-mode ICOM on ebay, and I'm getting a lot of interest from overseas - guys from bo
Thanks, Larry - that's excellent information - it will help a lot! 73, Duane Texashttp://home.austin.rr.com/ac5aa_____________________________________ __________TenTec listTenTec@contesting.comhttp:/
I was disheartened last week to find a "buzzing" noise in my otherwise perfect Orion starting in the 10m SSB frequencies and continuing all the way up the band. Both RX's, happens with antennas conne