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
Ronnie, Pse email me your email address in the body of an email to my email address so I can make my offer of an O6+ in response to your WTB on the Ten Tec Reflector.
Ill take it. My email (incoming) is down due to a server problem at the ISP. Im reading this on the archive. My call is good on Qrz.com. My email at work is benk@newconceptchem.com Ill rejoin the ref
I like the Kenwood AT-130 for the Scout. It's small and ruggedly built. It has a lighted SWR meter and impedance range is ~20-600 ohms. Itll handle 100 watts and holds its value at ~$100. If you need
A sightless ham in the Portland area just put together a Paragon with an enunciator. He wanted to know if the Giehl chip is still available and from whom. He needs a phone number as his email capabil
Steve, I've been reading your posts for the entire two years Ive been subscribed. Ive also read your posts from the archives. You are the archetypal ham purist. Your word is truth and light. You must
Can someone say if the Scout has an internal lamp in the meter? Incidentally, Ive been using my Scout with a Metron Amp, I'm getting 600W out on most bands as measured with a Heathkit 4120 Wattmeter,
On Sunday, while speaking to the net control whose call I forget, on the Ten Tec net at 7251, I thought I heard him tell me that he had turned up the output of the Jupiter to 200 watts. Can someone c