- 201. Re: [TenTec] vertical radials (score: 1)
- Author: ac5e@comcast.net
- Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2004 20:37:35 +0000
- Hi again Mike. I use an edger, myself, with a spool holder hose clamped to the handle. My number twelves generally do a good job of closing the trench behind the gadget. But I see no reason why a rea
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-06/msg00081.html (8,800 bytes)
- 202. Re: [TenTec] Orion - Aux I/O (score: 1)
- Author: ac5e@comcast.net
- Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2004 19:31:55 +0000
- Well - the manual is a little confusing, but actually the RED RCA jack goes to pin 5 of the AUX plug, and my manual says that's "for future assignment." White is to DIN pin 1, audio in from the sound
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-06/msg00106.html (8,632 bytes)
- 203. Re: [TenTec] Houston......Orion S Meter (score: 1)
- Author: ac5e@comcast.net
- Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2004 19:43:01 +0000
- Actually, the S meter is probably dead on, S9 = 50 microvolts; and tracking properly all the way down to S2, with the meter sitting on S1 with no signal. That's where mine has been since day 1, but i
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-06/msg00107.html (7,926 bytes)
- 204. Re: [TenTec] Re: Pin 5, Red RCA plug (score: 1)
- Author: ac5e@comcast.net
- Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2004 20:14:17 +0000
- Well, before you get too drastic it might be a pregnant idea to sample that "right side audio" and see if that's really what you think it is. 73 Pete Allen AC5E -- Never squat with your spurs on ____
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-06/msg00109.html (8,216 bytes)
- 205. Re: [TenTec] vertical radials (score: 1)
- Author: ac5e@comcast.net
- Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2004 20:43:45 +0000
- Actually, if you measure the current along an on-ground radial you will find there's virtually no current flowing in the radial much beyond the 1/10th wavelength point. And the current falls off even
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-06/msg00139.html (9,321 bytes)
- 206. RE: [TenTec] Question for Contesters: (score: 1)
- Author: ac5e@comcast.net
- Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 00:52:33 +0000
- Not to put too fine a point on it but at present all our radios consist of dedicated hardware with or without some form of computer control. So we still have dedicated RF amplifiers, mixers, IF strip
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-06/msg00176.html (9,145 bytes)
- 207. Re: [TenTec] Question for Contesters: (score: 1)
- Author: ac5e@comcast.net
- Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 19:01:52 +0000
- Indeed, Bill, we do need to go back to the original question - because the answers have gotten over the fence and into the bottomless swamp. It's been a while since I stuck my nose in Webster's but w
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-06/msg00209.html (12,398 bytes)
- 208. Re: [TenTec] Radials and crops (score: 1)
- Author: ac5e@comcast.net
- Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 11:39:37 +0000
- Spinach should be avoided along with rhubarb and all the other crops that generate oxalic acid. Most commercial radiator cleaners are largely oxalic acid and the residue eats H** out of your radials.
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-06/msg00247.html (6,738 bytes)
- 209. Re: [TenTec] Update 1.371 (score: 1)
- Author: ac5e@comcast.net
- Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 00:36:17 +0000
- Yep, each version of the firmware has all the good stuff of previous versions, plus some improvements. Sometimes dramatic improvements, sometimes not. And yes, the sweep does seem a bit more frisky.
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-06/msg00307.html (7,316 bytes)
- 210. Re: [TenTec] Orion Sweep - Mark (score: 1)
- Author: ac5e@comcast.net
- Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 00:57:26 +0000
- Hi Mark: As best I can tell by looking the sweep is in 250 Hz segments with bandwidth cranked down to 100 Hz. . That is, on the narrowest sweep range of 4.5 kHz there are just over two "digital block
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-06/msg00356.html (8,376 bytes)
- 211. Re: [TenTec] omni 6 (score: 1)
- Author: ac5e@comcast.net
- Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 19:49:18 +0000
- Both the mic gain and the processor affect the audio level on the Omni VI and +. I used 9:00 on both the mic and proc as a starting point; a friend uses 11:00 on mic and sets the proc to just kick th
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-06/msg00389.html (7,948 bytes)
- 212. Re: [TenTec] omni 6 (score: 1)
- Author: ac5e@comcast.net
- Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 22:21:03 +0000
- John; The only time I had a problem on one band - 75/80 at that - was with a Field Day antenna that worked great below 3.600 - and the Omni cut up like a new pair of tight boots on 75. Of course the
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-06/msg00399.html (9,857 bytes)
- 213. Re: [TenTec] Orion Finished? (score: 1)
- Author: ac5e@comcast.net
- Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 00:43:16 +0000
- Well, it seems to me that between those nice ground straps and the coax jumpers there are a lot of "one turn loops" that might well couple RF back to places it's neither wanted nor expected. And havi
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-06/msg00452.html (9,773 bytes)
- 214. Re: [TenTec] On Grounding (score: 1)
- Author: ac5e@comcast.net
- Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 00:49:35 +0000
- Good info from K4TAX. Personally, over the last half century plus of playing with RF I have always figured the RF should be inside the TX/tuner/coax, etc., and any and all attempts at an RF ground sh
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-06/msg00487.html (11,818 bytes)
- 215. Re: [TenTec] On Grounding (score: 1)
- Author: ac5e@comcast.net
- Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 18:21:49 +0000
- I'm a few miles from my catalogs but the last time I looked AES carried Polyphaser's lightning protection book. Highly recommended - check the price list for Polyphaser. The ICE website (down the lef
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-06/msg00511.html (8,246 bytes)
- 216. Re: [TenTec] ALC Indicator (score: 1)
- Author: ac5e@comcast.net
- Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 21:53:09 +0000
- Hmmm - Bob's comments make me wonder if somthing on that order may be the reason I have not observed some of the other things Orion owners have commented on. My shack is powered by a pair of RM-70's
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-06/msg00533.html (9,533 bytes)
- 217. Re: [TenTec] ALC Indicator (score: 1)
- Author: ac5e@comcast.net
- Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 22:52:02 +0000
- Yes, the manual specifically says the PS should be on when the Orion is turned on. But how many of us will change the habits of a lifetime just because the manual says to do something? 73 Pete Allen
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-06/msg00535.html (8,253 bytes)
- 218. Re: [TenTec] Orion Popping (score: 1)
- Author: ac5e@comcast.net
- Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 01:57:34 +0000
- Hi Toby: I have not had that but evidently others have. There was a post about a week ago that the Orion does that when the audio menu is set to factory default. Since mine is set to "Left,main - Rig
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-06/msg00570.html (8,382 bytes)
- 219. Re: [TenTec] Fishy Jupiter on eBay (score: 1)
- Author: ac5e@comcast.net
- Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 15:17:23 +0000
- Looks like the "Fishy Jupiter" was more like a reptile in the woodpile - since there's only one Jupe on E-bay this morning. I see the remaining Jupiter has a note by the seller, KM6AD, warning about
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-06/msg00584.html (8,146 bytes)
- 220. Re: [TenTec] Fishy Jupiter on eBay (score: 1)
- Author: ac5e@comcast.net
- Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 16:28:02 +0000
- Clicking on the link brings up an "item is invalid" from E-bay. Maybe you still have it in your internet cache. 73 Pete Allen AC5E -- Never squat with your spurs on __________________________________
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-06/msg00587.html (8,718 bytes)
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