- 201. [TenTec] Kudos to TenTec Service (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 15:36:31 -0500
- I want to hand out kudos to TenTec service: I sent my O II in for service because of reduced power output and odd ALC behavior on 12 and 15 m. It took about 2 weeks for it to be repaired and sent bac
- /archives//html/TenTec/2013-07/msg00332.html (9,539 bytes)
- 202. Re: [TenTec] Kudos to TenTec Service (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 20:18:19 -0500
- Well, that's interesting. The symptom was only on two bands... I wonder what the bias pots had to do with those bands? In fact, here's a query for other O II owners: In CW mode, I notice that *only*
- /archives//html/TenTec/2013-07/msg00337.html (12,351 bytes)
- 203. Re: [TenTec] Kudos to TenTec Service (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 20:20:02 -0500
- I'm certainly not complaining! Merely noting that I'm a satisfied TenTec service customer. 73, Kim N5OP It takes 20 minutes and 4700 employees to assemble a Jeep. But it takes one guy an hour to just
- /archives//html/TenTec/2013-07/msg00338.html (9,563 bytes)
- 204. Re: [TenTec] Re Service Queue (score: 1)
- Author: Kimberly Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:42:42 -0700 (PDT)
- I don't mean to minimize the task, but replacing finals isn't all that tough as long as you have the tools, can see well enough and have sufficient dexterity. I replaced finals in my TS-930S (MRF452s
- /archives//html/TenTec/2013-06/msg00102.html (11,554 bytes)
- 205. Re: [TenTec] Quick antenna question (score: 1)
- Author: Kimberly Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:27:04 -0700 (PDT)
- A 1:1 current balun, or "line isolator" almost never hurts anything and prevents feed line radiation and pickup. Kim N5OP Okay don't shoot me, but a quickie question about a double bazooka antenna. U
- /archives//html/TenTec/2013-06/msg00105.html (7,809 bytes)
- 206. Re: [TenTec] antenna switches (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:22:02 -0500
- At least the ones I have can be opened up by removing a few screws on the back. I'm curious about whether you've looked at the switches and if so, what you found. So far, in many years of use, I've f
- /archives//html/TenTec/2013-06/msg00189.html (9,115 bytes)
- 207. Re: [TenTec] RF Speech Processor "TX IMD" (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:16:35 -0500
- This is interesting as I have a TS-930S. The old QST review showed that its TX IMD performance was middling at best: 3rd order is -25 dB and 5th order is -42 dB. Somewhere, I read that increasing the
- /archives//html/TenTec/2013-06/msg00206.html (12,447 bytes)
- 208. Re: [TenTec] RF Speech Processor "TX IMD" (score: 1)
- Author: Kimberly Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:26:32 -0700 (PDT)
- Yes, indeed: the introduction the PLL lead to wonderful flexibility in frequency coverage and generation along with mounds of phase noise. The phase noise has been largely corralled, but not IMD. I w
- /archives//html/TenTec/2013-06/msg00213.html (15,396 bytes)
- 209. Re: [TenTec] RF Speech Processor "TX IMD" (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 22:19:03 -0500
- Sorry for the delayed response. Yep, I misunderstood: no amount of filtering on a rx will fix a poor tx. Nothing can be done about transmitted phase noise or poor IMD of a tx once it leaves the tx. I
- /archives//html/TenTec/2013-06/msg00237.html (17,125 bytes)
- 210. Re: [TenTec] RF Speech Processor "TX IMD" (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 07:45:56 -0500
- I wish I could say I had such prescience! Alas! I don't. Kim N5OP "People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as the music lasts." -- Paul Hindemith
- /archives//html/TenTec/2013-06/msg00244.html (20,891 bytes)
- 211. [TenTec] Orion II Low Output on 12 and 15 m (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 22:16:47 -0500
- I have an Orion II and have noticed over time that its output on the 15 and 12 m bands is lower than all the other bands on LCW, UCW and FSK. With the PWR set to 100, the 160 through 20 m bands all s
- /archives//html/TenTec/2013-06/msg00313.html (9,131 bytes)
- 212. Re: [TenTec] Orion II Low Output on 12 and 15 m (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 09:14:57 -0500
- I should have been more explicit at the end of my message: I tried adjusting the PWRSET control -- R179 on the A5 board -- after cleaning exercising all of the connectors in the rig (there are a lot
- /archives//html/TenTec/2013-06/msg00314.html (10,226 bytes)
- 213. Re: [TenTec] Orion II Low Output on 12 and 15 m (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 09:44:44 -0500
- Nope, that's not it. It's into a 50 ohm dummy load and whether I not I use the auto turner, I get the same result. Kim N5OP John Bescher, N4DXI I have an Orion II and have noticed over time that its
- /archives//html/TenTec/2013-06/msg00316.html (10,300 bytes)
- 214. Re: [TenTec] Orion II has ended production (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 16:06:49 -0500
- All radios cease production at some point, so this was inevitable. It doesn't make our radios worthless or perform any worse. What's not clear is how much additional firmware development there will b
- /archives//html/TenTec/2013-06/msg00324.html (13,239 bytes)
- 215. Re: [TenTec] Orion II has ended production (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 18:47:56 -0500
- When I lamented that I now own a radio that's out of production, a very good friend quipped "That's probably better than owning some of the radios that are still in production." To which I say "Hear!
- /archives//html/TenTec/2013-06/msg00333.html (11,942 bytes)
- 216. Re: [TenTec] RX366 (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 10:23:20 -0500
- This is prettying how I use it, too. The main rx has the arsenal needed to handle hearing the DX. I only have problems when the pile is filled with nearby, strong signals and the DX is working someon
- /archives//html/TenTec/2013-05/msg00192.html (16,278 bytes)
- 217. Re: [TenTec] 3.033xa (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2013 14:18:03 -0500
- The short answer is "no". N5OP "People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as the music lasts." -- Paul Hindemith
- /archives//html/TenTec/2013-04/msg00036.html (8,636 bytes)
- 218. [TenTec] A-Meter Calibration in 3.033xa (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2013 17:45:52 -0500
- I must have missed the memo because I just downloaded and installed 3.033xa for the O II. I calibrate0d my S-meter as per the instructions and.. Wow. My values are quite different for the default val
- /archives//html/TenTec/2013-04/msg00040.html (9,157 bytes)
- 219. Re: [TenTec] S-Meter Calibration in 3.033xa (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2013 18:02:59 -0500
- And I must also be more tired than I thought since I'm really concerned with the S-meter, not the A-meter... Kim N5OP "People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as the music
- /archives//html/TenTec/2013-04/msg00041.html (10,035 bytes)
- 220. Re: [TenTec] A-Meter Calibration in 3.033xa (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2013 18:47:01 -0500
- OK, this is what I suspected. Thanks for verifying it! 73, Kim N5OP "People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as the music lasts." -- Paul Hindemith
- /archives//html/TenTec/2013-04/msg00044.html (11,623 bytes)
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