I suspect everyone who has ever done any mobiling will have opinions. For my two kopeks .... Fifty watts with an AVAILABLE and RELIABLE 200 - 500 watt mobile amp would be quite reasonable, although a
Hi, Toby: listening to a QSO on 14.024.86 just now and there's very little drop down when the 500 Hz filter kicks in. Or the 250, for that matter. But I have a question for you. Have you set and opti
I have been getting the "AOL Postmaster" returns also. Someone has a virus infected computer that has been sending the virus to every E-mail address that arrives at his computer. Disguised as a messa
Hi John: We have had essentially three months of thunderstorms, including a 48 hour thunderstorm over FD weekend. The Orion's DSP and variable AGC, along with it's almost totally crunch proof front e
Good radio, I just wish I had it somewhere besides my office. I get to listen a lot but transmit little. If I were doing over again, I would buy the version with the built in tuner - and buy the remo
I don't have one, Kent, but from the scuttlebutt Heil Sound will reintroduce the Clearspeech line late this month or perhaps early in August. If you don't find one hang on. Help is supposedly coming.
The only time I have had a chance to give my Jupiter a wring out in a rig shootout it was. Conditions were very noisy, with thunderstorms all around, solar noise was high, but the Jupiter was still p
When I press the A>B or B>A only the frequency and mode get transferred. Sometimes that's handy, sometimes not, but I don't care for the current implementation of the BW track. 73 Pete Allen AC5E
How's the display? First class, extremely legible even at a 45 degree angle from the front of the radio. Warm up? Noooo - mine comes on with the boot up message almost immediately. There's been a com
There's a vast difference between a given radios "update lifespan" and the radio's actual lifespan. The first easily described, when the firmware is acceptable to as many users as possible within the
Well, while Duane has a point I would personally prefer the option of having the frequency, mode, and bandwidth all transfer with the press of a button. The O's second receiver is plenty good enough
Well, judging from the many Slavs I grew up around I suspect Yuri is engaged in just a wee bit of leg pulling. Fine folks - fond of fun and fussin'. 73 Pete Allen AC5E
Hmmm - this could be why I have NOT been plagued with my Orion losing audio. Mine is setup to key with either the computer or with an MFJ 493 keyer to the accessory cable. When I set the Orion up I u
A young friend of mine, Richard Murdy, N5UZN, is going into an assisted living complex after about ten years in a no antenna condo. Dick has a Paragon, the matching power supply, and an MFJ tuner (if
Hi Craig: The Omni VI's amp relay output for non - Ten Tec amps is a conventional but fast amp relay setup. You will have to turn it on via the menu system but it should work well with standard amp h
Hi Marcel: My 425 also indicates 1.8 "Plate Kilovolts" on the front panel meter. I was suspicious when that started, about five years ago, since the drive wattage and Tune/Load settings remained the
While I don't bemoan the QST staff writers failure to get to the point, I hate it when a died in the wool "ain't nothing like my brand" rig owner is given the latest from "his brand" to test. Testing
I bought the "with tuner" version of the Orion and it's been turned off since day three. The Orion works so well into such a wide range of impedances that I don't find one necessary with the DX-CC, t
Yes, I use the NB pretty often. In my present neighborhood I get the dear lady across the street's sewing machine, the alderman's wife's mixer, the seven motorcycle tuner's on the other side of the b