- 41. RE: [TenTec] Orion vs. Yaesu FT-1000D (score: 1)
- Author: Adam Farson <farson@shaw.ca>
- Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 17:36:20 -0800
- <<...Even then, the consensus was to go with the D, the MP was considered a dog. How times change!!! ...>> Pig, please. Stub-wags, 73, Big Max (VA7OJ/AB4OJ's Boxer) http://www.qsl.net/ab4oj/max/max.h
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-01/msg00777.html (8,371 bytes)
- 42. RE: [TenTec] Orion vs. Yaesu FT-1000D (score: 1)
- Author: Adam Farson <farson@shaw.ca>
- Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 09:36:35 -0800
- Hi Pete, In our household, ladies of a certain, ahem, bucolic mien are also spared that description. Cheers for now, 73, Adam VA7OJ/AB4OJ I dunno about Max - but Schatze, Joe, and the Jazzy Lady don'
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-01/msg00786.html (9,400 bytes)
- 43. RE: [TenTec] DOA (score: 1)
- Author: Adam Farson <farson@shaw.ca>
- Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 11:17:04 -0800
- Dag Evert, DOA = dead on arrival. In't goede Vlaams, "ghedomme dood, manneke!" Groeten, 73, Adam VA7OJ/AB4OJ Hi all, Can anyone tell me what DOA meens when used in an ad on ebay? Evert, PA2KW (ex PA3
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-01/msg00792.html (7,547 bytes)
- 44. RE: [TenTec] Owning a Volvo? (score: 1)
- Author: Adam Farson <farson@shaw.ca>
- Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 11:25:48 -0800
- Hi Rick, Begging the moderator's indulgence in advance for the OT: The Volvo is by definition the car for "sensible" yuppies - the kind who are as concerned about their health as they are about their
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-01/msg00855.html (9,596 bytes)
- 45. RE: [TenTec] Solid state amps (score: 1)
- Author: Adam Farson <farson@shaw.ca>
- Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 10:23:02 -0800
- Hi Jim, I have never had that problem with either of my solid-state amplifiers, an Icom IC-2KL (1989 - 1998) and a Yaesu Quadra (1998 - present). The Quadra has a reflectometer at the ATU output, whi
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-12/msg00280.html (11,474 bytes)
- 46. RE: [TenTec] What does "LW" mean? (score: 1)
- Author: Adam Farson <farson@shaw.ca>
- Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 10:35:48 -0800
- Hi Rick, Strange...we always used to refer to the European 190 ~ 550 kHz broadcast band as "long-wave", and the 550 kHz ~ 1.7 MHz broadcast band as "medium-wave". This would tend to characterise the
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-12/msg00436.html (10,653 bytes)
- 47. RE: [TenTec] Re: PDP-11 (score: 1)
- Author: Adam Farson <farson@shaw.ca>
- Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 14:57:23 -0800
- Hi Rick, Thank Heaven computer technology has moved on since then. I am reminded of an old saying: "Die Alten sagen immer, Die Zeiten werden schlimmer. Die Zeiten sind wie immer; die Alten werden sch
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-12/msg00979.html (7,109 bytes)
- 48. RE: [TenTec] No ALC cable to AMP? (score: 1)
- Author: Adam Farson <farson@shaw.ca>
- Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 00:23:34 -0800
- If the Orion is not fitted with an ALC input, it will not be safe to use it as an exciter for any of the popular Japanese solid-state amplifiers such as the Icom IC-2KL, IC-4KL or IC-PW1, the Yaesu F
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-12/msg01270.html (8,496 bytes)
- 49. RE: [TenTec] Orion and MIKEs (score: 1)
- Author: Adam Farson <farson@shaw.ca>
- Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 17:29:54 -0800
- Hi Bill, ...to say nothing of all those 20W PEP military HF manpacks with a whip antenna plugged into a socket on top of the case. They did not suffer notably from internal EMC issues. Had any such r
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-11/msg00352.html (14,481 bytes)
- 50. RE: [TenTec] Orion and MIKEs (score: 1)
- Author: Adam Farson <farson@shaw.ca>
- Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 18:55:23 -0800
- Hi Grant, My Boxer Max's kennel (about 1.5 m3) has used up the last bit of space I might have had in my shack for an additional radio. Cheers for now, 73, Adam VA7OJ/AB4OJ Hey, Adam ... Don't forget
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-11/msg00357.html (10,011 bytes)
- 51. RE: [TenTec] Orion / Mikes / W4NJF (score: 1)
- Author: Adam Farson <farson@shaw.ca>
- Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 22:12:41 -0800
- Todd, Is there any need to use such racist epithets in describing Japanese radios? Language of this sort does not enhance a discussion. Best 73, Adam, VA7OJ/AB4OJ Good question on why DX-peditions ha
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-11/msg00367.html (8,326 bytes)
- 52. RE: [TenTec] 7800 purchases (was Orion in contests) (score: 1)
- Author: Adam Farson <farson@shaw.ca>
- Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 10:55:27 -0800
- Hi Rob, You made some very good points concerning the "target audiences" for the IC-7800. I believe that the street price will be in the $7K ~ 8K range; a little rich for Joe Ham, but peanuts for the
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-11/msg00501.html (11,499 bytes)
- 53. RE: [TenTec] 7800 purchases (was Orion in contests) (score: 1)
- Author: Adam Farson <farson@shaw.ca>
- Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 16:34:40 -0800
- Hi Ron, I used the term "by definition" for a reason. Popular legend to the contrary, the Orion is not an SDR. (Neither are the IC-756Pro II or IC-746Pro, for that matter - except for their DSP engin
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-11/msg00521.html (9,407 bytes)
- 54. RE: [TenTec] AM with the centurion amp (score: 1)
- Author: Adam Farson <farson@shaw.ca>
- Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 19:52:14 -0800
- Hi John, Any linear amplifier will work in AM mode. You will need to de-rate the amplifier by 6dB or 75%; if it is designed for 1.5kW PEP SSB or CW output, you will need to set the drive for no more
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-11/msg00623.html (8,373 bytes)
- 55. RE: [TenTec] AM with the centurion amp (score: 1)
- Author: Adam Farson <farson@shaw.ca>
- Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 22:20:27 -0800
- Hi Pete, Many thanks for the kind comments, and for the added information. I inadvertently forgot to mention the FCC legal limit. Industry Canada is more generous; Advanced licensees are permitted 2.
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-11/msg00626.html (11,770 bytes)
- 56. RE: [TenTec] Bav. Cont. Club Review of Orion (score: 1)
- Author: Adam Farson <farson@shaw.ca>
- Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 11:08:52 -0800
- Hi John, To quote the Bavarian Contest Club review verbatim: "I used the IC-746 PRO for this comparison test because it has the ability to cascade two crystal filters." "I set up the IC-746 PRO for 2
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-11/msg00717.html (8,702 bytes)
- 57. RE: [TenTec] Opinions on StepIR vertical (score: 1)
- Author: Adam Farson <farson@shaw.ca>
- Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 10:13:08 -0700
- Hi Mark, The Cushcraft R8 or Hy-gain AV640 may be a better choice if one is willing to trade compromise performance on 80m for good performance on 17m. 17m is a very desirable band, and it is a pity
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-10/msg00306.html (10,431 bytes)
- 58. RE: [TenTec] E-mail Tax ??? (score: 1)
- Author: Adam Farson <farson@shaw.ca>
- Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 11:08:24 -0800
- Hi Dan, Think of what it will do to spam, though - especially if the recipient gets stuck with the tax because Uncle Sam cannot collect from an offshore sender. However, in these tax-cutting times, I
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-10/msg00875.html (7,946 bytes)
- 59. RE: [TenTec] lawyers (score: 1)
- Author: Adam Farson <farson@shaw.ca>
- Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2003 17:20:31 -0700
- When one is confined in a windowless cell somewhere in the Gulag system, facing blood-curdling charges under the anti-terrorism laws, one will yell like a stuck pig: "I want to call my lawyer!" Cheer
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-08/msg00667.html (7,181 bytes)
- 60. RE: [TenTec] Disillusioned with your Orion, Long for the good old days? (score: 1)
- Author: Adam Farson <farson@shaw.ca>
- Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2003 16:17:44 -0700
- Hi Bob, Think I'd rather have a complete Collins 618T-3 outfit. At least with that, one can operate SSB and realise the 9dB worth of "Kilowatts from Heaven" in half the occupied bandwidth, compared t
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-07/msg00036.html (8,816 bytes)
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