I'm now using an Omni 6+, serial 08A10477; not fully used to it yet, but it sure acts like what I've come to expect of a Ten-Tec. Will someone tell me what this # means, please. Also, though it has t
In the good old days of separate rx + tx I used a Drake 2b + Viking II for CW (the vast majority of my operating). The 2b was connected to the antenna through a VT T/R switch. It played back what my
I guess most if not all of us would rather have the actual rig right in front of us with at least part of the hardware built by our own hands. But each of us has his/her own likes and dislikes and wh
Only one big hitch to WB1HGA's idea for running remote for Field Day: the rule that all stations have to be in a 1000 foot circle, which would be fine for one running FD in his own back yard, and ass
By this extreme definition of no relays, etc. it appears to be impossible for a transceiver to have pure QSK since much circuitry is common to TX and RX. My own experience was with separate TX and RX
Like so many other physical phenomena, the effect of zero beating is so difficult to express in words, but with several simple vector diagrams the whole situation becomes obvious. -- Original Message
Paul's comment needs expansion: Service up and down the chain is so much more important than first-cost. Correllary: You don't necessarily get what you pay for. K3TX -- Original Message -- From: "Pau
C, commonly used in traffic nets, = CONFIRM; the opposite being N. C is also used in the same nets as YES. -- Original Message -- From: "Ross F. Guldenbrein" <w6fg@pacbell.net> To: <tentec@contesting
To me QSL means either acknowledging receipt of the night's formal traffic, or wants a card. So, if when I'm not on the net and someone says QSL the only possible answer is I answer cards received. -
What's wrong with just plain "R"? I never have a problem with it though often I send "TU" - both a lot faster than QSL. - - - nothing like back when 10 was first opened to the CB'ers when every other
I've got to remember that long comma bit - though a bit difficult with a keyer -- that old commercial system with the first-second-third phone and first-second-third CW and AT(aircraft telegrapher wi
I guess the new meaning of R is: I hear you. -- Fact of life: the slower the sending the more the repeats. I try to demonstrate practice to the blessed ones trying hard to keep CW active by sending t
I can fax or mail the full manual for 705 - available by phone or can phone you (costs me zero) if you give me number. With no call shown can't easily look you up. Dave, K3TX (fine QRZ and phone book
I too tried (owned and used) almost everything else around, though hardly the 45 years you waited. And I never found a transceiver that would come close to equalling the CW performance of my Viking I
The spark plug arrester has the disadvantage of rather blunt points. Much better, as someone mentioned, is a pair of copper (prefereably) or brass plates with facing sharp points, gapped about l/32"
Agree except the spark plugs don't have the desirable sharp points - the breakdown potential in air from a sharp point is very much lower than from a smooth surface. K4TX -- Original Message -- From: