Hz, and works fine with the slightly different offset (600 Hz) of the 753. I suspect that Inrad chose 700 Hz as a compromise offset so that it would work equally well with their 600 Hz offset filter
W4ZV: and normally use 270 Hz for really weak signals. Apparently not many since most rigs these days do not allow for Pitch <300 Hz. Even going to 300 Hz is not all that common, and most '90's rigs
Scott recently gave a presentation on Orion to the Potomac Valley Radio.Club. If you have Microsoft Powerpoint and a fast connection, you can view it here: http://pvrc.org/news.htm Click next to last
KG6TT: useful in notion give it a try. I assume most know Binaural RX is included in Orion. Text and .wav example below: http://www.tentec.com/panoramic.htm 73, Bill W4ZV
elements won't be lost to static induced gain reduction in the AGC. If you set the hang to anything except zero you run the risk of some crashes activating the AGC enough when copying some weak signa
roofing filter in/out even when you have the NAR filter pressed. Normally, the NAR switch (or ONE of the NAR1 and NAR2 switches in the OMNI VI plus and option 3 versions) puts the roofing filter in l
mode, it still supplies DC voltage when activated but of course the processor is inactive. The cw mode voltage can be picked off the control board an fed into a logic gate along with the proc voltage
vendors' manuals, but not in one place that I've found. And beware that much of what you find is not correct. Example: http://www.tentec.com/565optimize.htm The following is much better but now somew
and the upper cutoff is ~640 Hz , resulting in a bandwidth of 178 Hz and a (geometric mean) center frequency of 544 Hz. frequency of 620 Hz and a bandwidth of 370 Hz in combination with the CW roofin
component values fwiw. The only one that stands out it C6. From the VI to VI+, C6 goes from 1,000pf to 2200pf. R31 from 33k to 100k, R44 eliminated, R45 eliminated. N4SU's Omni VI manual shows new va
Hi Clark, I'm posting this to the reflector since it may be of interest to others. Yes, C6 and R31 were changed to values Steve mentioned and both R44 and R45 appear to be eliminated. I don't know wh
I can make little sense of the ARRL's test. For the VI+, they state the signals can be either S9 or S9+40db. Then they show a chart but don't reveal which input level they used. They mention 3rd and
warranty? I don't own one yet but am thinking about buying one. Note for any considering purchase of anything! Visa Signature doubles manufacturer's warranties up to 1 year as one of the benefits of
500 HZ for center frequency than to simply tune to a steady carrier and peak the menu CF Adjustment control for highest S meter reading. This is very simple requiring only a steady signal source (i.e
encorder problem for my Orion and another ham friends Orion .Take hold of the encorder nob and pull hard on it like you are trying to pull the nob off, then let go. Once I did that my encorder starte
contester of the very near future will be without total software control. If he is without software control he will soon be a has-been on the DX Contesting circuit. The improved productivity is obvio
Lee, most of the examples you cited are DX-ing, and mainly Packet-assisted DX-ing at that, not contesting. We don't need to start a discussion on Packet DX-ing, but I want to focus on the question in
March 2005 QST Product Review: http://www.arrl.org/members-only/prodrev/pdf/pr0503.pdf ** ICOM?s advertising for the PROIII trumpets what it calls ?+30 dBm-class third-order intercept point? performa