Nicely expressed Mike. I read Zen and the Art of Motorcylcle Maintenance way long ago. The paralell with ham radio gear is germain. I never owned a motorbike of anykind, but the mechanical and spirit
I use any computer quality computer grade plastic headset boom mic wired to a w2ihy 2 band equalizer/noise gate. While mics cost ~$5 and last 6 months or so before something breaks, they all sound go
The Carolina Windom, is a trademarked antenna from Radio Works resembling the old single wire antenna only in that its off center fed. The gizmo at the feedpoint looks like a balun, acts like a match
Don, My guess on the first one is that its on the first run in '88. The next two are '89 mfg. dates. The last digit indicates the year of mfg. The other date does not indicate when it was sold as new
John, I take it as a sign of ectstasy. Those who have one are trying to come up with some way to verbalize on the superiority with which the radio performs. Being able to express such platitudes and
The amp is a tool. Everyone knows what it does and how it does it, leaving aside technical issues. The amp is a toy. If you want to play more on ham radio, the amp helps you talk with geezers who are
Ernie, You did not mention anything about your antenna. If you get the same results into a dummy load of appropriate size and impedance, then you have a problem with the rig. Otherwise your antenna a
Tom, Oh no, not again! You need to check for connectors behind the front panel that may be partially off. Check all your connectors by lifting them and resetting them. If it is a faulty molex connect
As a former chef I once took the oportunity to salt and pepper things 10-15% more than usual once upon a time, in a land far far away. I observed that the usual suspects would add the same amount of
Paul, Im going to presume the question is directed to me. Yes, 50W is enough power output in a mobile to make the distance. More is better. Twice any given power is 3db in signal gain in theory. Noth
Chip, This must be a trick question on the Ten Tec reflector. So here's a trick answer. In a shootout between 10 of each of the two, the Ten Tec operators were by far better looking and smarter. The
I would like to see Ten Tec make a rig of biblical proportions. An all band, all mode, full 1500 Watt, as small as can be engineered so that the attatched coffee maker/grinder and the cotton candy sp
My observation is that paddles are cheapest at the ham fests. Over the years I've tried them all. Well, the mass produced ones. Practice and fine tuning are the hall marks of good paddling results. A
With each successive model of Ten Tec radio you get a new tool or a refined implementation of the old tools used for reception. If you use the tools as they were designed, you get results. If you imp
Jody, Welcome to the epicenter of ham radio. Picking a radio is like picking a religion. Some think that ham radio is a religion. Some people think cars can be can be a religion. You and I know that
Jody, Your instinct to try the Pegasus is valid. Your contemporaries who support other choices are looking at Ten Tec with jaundiced feelings due mainly to popularity of established rhetoric favoring
Ken, Option 0 = Omni Six Option 1 = Omni Six Plus firmware chips and button changes by user was factory shipped. Option 2 = Omni Six Plus Option 1 installed by Factory, Option 3 = Omni Six Plus facto