- 241. Re: [TenTec] new to CW dxing (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2012 21:50:15 -0500
- Uh oh. My secret is out! Actually, I *did* do something like that for an '89er day celebration in Junior High School (1889 was the last Land Run in Oklahoma and I went to school in Tulsa). I was dres
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-07/msg00092.html (10,818 bytes)
- 242. Re: [TenTec] rx 366 (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2012 15:57:42 -0500
- I believe that John Henry has posted that the rx-366 DOES WORK as a gc rx. HOWEVER, specifications apply ONLY to the Amateur bands. 73, Kim N5OP
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-06/msg00030.html (11,293 bytes)
- 243. Re: [TenTec] Just an observation (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 19:51:03 -0500
- I like your call, Jerry! My Dad was W5JHJ, now an SK. I own and operate a TT O II. There, obligatory TT content inserted. That said, I didn't use my O II in FD this year and there were no TT rigs at
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-06/msg00110.html (14,979 bytes)
- 244. [TenTec] Strange FD RFI (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:26:58 -0500
- I'll pop this out here to see if anyone has any good explanations for what I experienced. As I said in a prior post, I proudly produced my freshly aligned, roofing-filter equipped, vintage (high seri
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-06/msg00114.html (12,569 bytes)
- 245. Re: [TenTec] Strange FD RFI (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 22:53:06 -0500
- Hi Al, Maybe apples and organges and may not be! I'm at a loss. We used a standard, old-fashioned rotary AC alternator, probably 8-10 kW or so. It's not a DC-AC inverter type, so I expect that it mak
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-06/msg00121.html (10,192 bytes)
- 246. Re: [TenTec] Strange FD RFI (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 23:12:59 -0500
- You're right, Bob. As far as I know, this is a standard rotary AC alternator so doesn't do any inverting to get to the AC. As such, I expect (but didn't verify) it makes a more-or-less sine wave-ish
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-06/msg00123.html (13,711 bytes)
- 247. Re: [TenTec] Strange FD RFI (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 08:18:59 -0500
- Both excellent ideas! I briefly thought about doing something like that, but (horrors!) there were no dummy loads to be had on site and I didn't want to go back home (again) to grab mine. I honestly
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-06/msg00129.html (9,168 bytes)
- 248. Re: [TenTec] Just a 'foot-in-mouth' observation (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 17:44:46 -0500
- I must respectfully disagree about the First Amendment aspect of amateur radio. That appears no where in the charter for our hobby. The government does indeed exercise sovereign control over the spec
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-06/msg00165.html (10,599 bytes)
- 249. Re: [TenTec] Field Day Drill (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 20:30:04 -0500
- This is interesting! One time, my young bride was in the shack and listening to a pileup trying to contact an exotic DX station. A fellow I know from Arizona put out his call, at first with enthusias
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-06/msg00177.html (10,102 bytes)
- 250. Re: [TenTec] ORION II FSK (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 11:17:07 -0500
- I got a box for my O II that has a DIN plug that goes into my rig. It plugs into tje navk of the rig and breaks everything out to RCA jacks. When I get home I'll look up who makes it. Kim N5OP
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-05/msg00054.html (9,090 bytes)
- 251. Re: [TenTec] ORION II FSK (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Tue, 08 May 2012 22:09:12 -0500
- The break-out box I use is an LDG RCA-14 and it works well. Makes using the DIN plug on the back of the O II much more convenient. Kim N5OP Kim N5OP red jack connects to pin 5 of the DIN plug, where
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-05/msg00055.html (9,753 bytes)
- 252. Re: [TenTec] Thanks Mike (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 23:13:05 -0500
- I think that you did get some useful information to pass on to your friend. The most useful is that this will be no walk in the park. Your friend must be meticulous and methodical and be prepared to
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-05/msg00087.html (9,210 bytes)
- 253. Re: [TenTec] Repair of Omni VI which had been transmitted into (score: 1)
- Author: Kimberly Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 08:37:19 -0700 (PDT)
- Agreed -- This probably isn't as bad as even a very-low end lightning event (what the lightning people call a "streamer"). I experienced one of those with an O II (the one tested by the League) and i
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-05/msg00104.html (9,873 bytes)
- 254. Re: [TenTec] CW Filters ??? (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 19:44:16 -0500
- Great! CW is a fun mode. While filters are expensive, if you have the ability, buy both. Having them will give you the opportunity to learn just how to use them to dig signals out of tough conditions
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-05/msg00156.html (9,668 bytes)
- 255. Re: [TenTec] Orion noise blanker vs electric fencing? (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2012 18:28:33 -0500
- On rare occasions I hear pulse type noise here, though rarely (thank goodness). I find that the software noise blanker usually works at a very low setting (1 or 2). Sometimes, however, it doesn't qui
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-04/msg00129.html (9,663 bytes)
- 256. Re: [TenTec] Thank You (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2012 21:42:52 -0500
- FWIW, before I buy a USB-serial converter, I check out Newegg reviews. A lot of times, I will see mention of which OS supports the unit along with notes about how someone found a driver for Win 7 or
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-04/msg00209.html (11,233 bytes)
- 257. Re: [TenTec] 566 Orion II Firmware Version V3.029 ---SpectrumDisplay &Tuning... (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:24:52 -0500
- I tried this with my OII, think that I must have missed something. I simply never see the S-meter drop and then rise as I decrease RF gain. Of course, it will drop if I turn off the preamp, but not a
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-04/msg00273.html (11,439 bytes)
- 258. Re: [TenTec] 566 Orion II Firmware Version V3.029 ---SpectrumDisplay &Tuning... (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:08:21 -0500
- Wait a minute... By way of example, do you mean to say that if I injected a 50 uV signal into the antenna terminals of the OII I'd see an S9 indication and that if I then selected 12 dB of attenuatio
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-04/msg00277.html (16,445 bytes)
- 259. Re: [TenTec] 566 Orion II Firmware Version V3.029 ---SpectrumDisplay &Tuning... (score: 1)
- Author: Kimberly Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:30:06 -0700 (PDT)
- Yes, it can be done that way, but is it? I have not noticed this on my OII. When I crank in attenuation, I see the S-meter reading drop. I do NOT see this when I decrease the RF gain -- rather I see
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-04/msg00291.html (15,566 bytes)
- 260. Re: [TenTec] Orion566 updating (score: 1)
- Author: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:31:39 -0500
- You should be able to set it to any port number you want. Do you really have *23* serial devices connected?! Yikes! Kim N5OP
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-04/msg00340.html (8,737 bytes)
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