Nicely done, Jim. Since I have an O II, I looked at that one first. I see the O II shows the lowest phase noise out to about 2.5 kHz, where it matched the K3, then heads the wrong way. It's #2 to abo
I hear no "death rattle" whatsoever. TT is alive and well. There is no evidence to the contrary. Where do you get your misinformation? Alpha amps are not "obsoleted" by Alpha. That some tubes are not
I've been thinking, too. A square wave has an infinite number I'd odd harmonics, not all harmonics. Regardless, it's an excellent way to look at IMD, far better than two tones. What if we modulated t
That looks very interesting. Any info on how it's priced? Kim N5OP "People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as the music lasts." -- Paul Hindemith
This is admittedly off-topic, but if any expertise exists I figure it will be among the denizens of this list. I have a Kenwood TS-930S with the Piexx enhanced microprocessor board installed. That bo
I'd post this somewhere else, but I don't know where that would be, so I avail myself of your collective wisdom yet again. Recall that I noticed a lot of acoustic "singing" from a small switching PS
While filters are expensive, they can be swapped out without a lot of trouble. That said, I chose a wide filter of 6 kHz, then the 2.4 kHz standard filter and finally a 500 Hz filter for the narrowes
Yes, it's easy to conflate roofing filters with the more familiar IF filters. They don;t serve the same purpose but can be complimentary. Sherwood's presentation is excellent. In my case, there's a g
I should stipulate in my FD story that we most certainly *could* hear transmitted IMD and transmitted phase noise from the phone stations and a digital station, which limited useful close-in receive
I always simply build my own and install the OS myself. That way, I have complete and total control over every aspect. It's remarkably easy, relatively inexpensive, has no proprietary hardware, and I
I wear magnifiers anymore, though I didn't use to need them. Then again, I used to be able to do all manner of things I can't anymore. Regardless, as long as you can plug stuff together and manage th
Whoa! That's a wonderful deal! Far cheaper than anything that could be built form new parts. Kim N5OP FWIW: I just spent time & shekels over the last few months to upgrade all of the "home" computers
I only ever had RFI issues very early on. I pretty much solved them with good shielding and ferrites. I always use all-metal cases (no plastic see-through panels) and make certain that I have good el
Oh, I understand! It's still as easy as the old AT systems, really. We hear about all the wonderful new interfaces, but they only go in one way, so it remains as easy as it was before. It requires so
I am not religious about operating systems. Whatever can do what I want is what I use. At work, it's Linux, occasionally Mac and windows. Among all the CS types we like to say that windows is user fr
I've just finished the installation of my new (and, apparently last) RX366 into my Orion II. Being the kind of ham that wants to have all the bells and whistles available, even if I don't have the ab
That's a rather presumptuous thing to say, Andy. Not to make too fine a point of it, but I make decisions in this regard that please me. Therefore, what anyone else thinks, or might think, of it isn'
I have a question about how the display behaves on the O II when the RX-366 is installed with 2.4 kHz, 6 kHz , and 600 Hz Hz roofing filters installed. Everything works as it should, but the display
I know several have wondered what can be done with the original O II sub rx. I know that there's no good way to make it into an independent rx, so what have others done with it? Simply put it on the
How is it that the Chinese make these so cheaply? Is all the cost in labor, or do the Chinese make every component themselves using cheap labor such that we need only pay for materials? If the make e