- 21. Re: [TenTec] Orion's break in (score: 1)
- Author: Floyd Sense <floyd@k8ac.net>
- Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:32:31 -0500
- I delayed both - no difference. K8AC Right, but he's asking specifically about the audible relay clacking. Barry N1EU
- /archives//html/TenTec/2011-11/msg00153.html (10,432 bytes)
- 22. Re: [TenTec] Orion's break in (score: 1)
- Author: Floyd Sense <floyd@k8ac.net>
- Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 07:44:54 -0500
- In my case, I am absolutely positive. We're splitting hairs here as to what to call the noise. It's a mechanical noise and as N4UC said, the noise is heard on the relay break, not the make. I can pro
- /archives//html/TenTec/2011-11/msg00187.html (11,257 bytes)
- 23. Re: [TenTec] Orion's break in (score: 1)
- Author: Floyd Sense <floyd@k8ac.net>
- Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:36:51 -0500
- Knowing the history of the TenTec list, I'd say this is rapidly starting down another slippery slope where we dissect definitions of terms and question the abilities of others to make simple observat
- /archives//html/TenTec/2011-11/msg00189.html (11,254 bytes)
- 24. Re: [TenTec] Orion's break in (score: 1)
- Author: Floyd Sense <floyd@k8ac.net>
- Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:10:41 -0500
- Yes - that's how this thread started a couple of days ago. == K8JHR == 73 Ray W2RS _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list
- /archives//html/TenTec/2011-11/msg00201.html (9,047 bytes)
- 25. Re: [TenTec] Orion's break in (score: 1)
- Author: Floyd Sense <floyd@k8ac.net>
- Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:05:43 -0500
- Good question, and one that has been discussed over the years on this and other forums. Everyone who responds will have a different slant on it - here's mine. The meaning of QSK is that one can hear
- /archives//html/TenTec/2011-11/msg00241.html (14,069 bytes)
- 26. Re: [TenTec] Original Message (score: 1)
- Author: Floyd Sense <floyd@k8ac.net>
- Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 08:57:48 -0500
- And if a "conservative" doesn't like what someone else says or does, he calls them a liberal. I think your comments are out of place here, Mike. There's no need to demonize someone because he doesn't
- /archives//html/TenTec/2011-11/msg00267.html (10,113 bytes)
- 27. Re: [TenTec] Question (score: 1)
- Author: Floyd Sense <floyd@k8ac.net>
- Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:44:33 -0400
- I wouldn't call any of the panadaptor approaches "plug and play", but it does work just fine. You will of course need the IF tap on the Orion II and that's well documented. Currently, I'm using Spect
- /archives//html/TenTec/2011-10/msg00065.html (9,879 bytes)
- 28. Re: [TenTec] Question (score: 1)
- Author: Floyd Sense <floyd@k8ac.net>
- Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2011 23:28:09 -0400
- There are a few problems with that approach - here are some of them: 1. The sensitivity of the SDR-IQ doesn't approach that of the Orion II on 12 and 10 meters - I judge it to be deficient in that ke
- /archives//html/TenTec/2011-10/msg00068.html (13,119 bytes)
- 29. Re: [TenTec] Question (score: 1)
- Author: Floyd Sense <floyd@k8ac.net>
- Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2011 07:58:42 -0400
- No - the VFO-B frequency is not shown. If enough folks ask Moe to add that feature, maybe it will happen. Over time, I've decided that showing the VFO-B position on the trace is less important that I
- /archives//html/TenTec/2011-10/msg00080.html (9,002 bytes)
- 30. Re: [TenTec] Question (score: 1)
- Author: Floyd Sense <floyd@k8ac.net>
- Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2011 14:41:34 -0400
- Yes - using the ExtRadio option you mentioned. DXLab Commander specifies the Orion on the same COM port number and the port sharing is handled transparently by a program called VSPE. 73, Floyd On 10/
- /archives//html/TenTec/2011-10/msg00091.html (10,344 bytes)
- 31. Re: [TenTec] What Radio? (score: 1)
- Author: Floyd Sense <floyd@k8ac.net>
- Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 08:29:22 -0400
- Stuart - Forgive me for venting on this subject, but Rob Sherwood's chart is perhaps the most misunderstood piece of information in ham radio today. It is not, and was never intended to be, a grading
- /archives//html/TenTec/2011-08/msg00193.html (12,953 bytes)
- 32. Re: [TenTec] pan adapter (score: 1)
- Author: Floyd Sense <floyd@k8ac.net>
- Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:34:44 -0400
- I installed the IF tap in my Orion II and use it with an SDR-IQ and Spectravue. With the recent improvements to Spectravue to support the Orion II, I believe that it's a superior solution to the pana
- /archives//html/TenTec/2011-07/msg00106.html (8,414 bytes)
- 33. Re: [TenTec] OK , sounds good (score: 1)
- Author: Floyd Sense <floyd@k8ac.net>
- Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:46:48 -0400
- There are a couple of approaches, both of which work. I first used the N4PY software along with LP-Pan and PowerSDR/IF. I ended up using an SDR-IQ receiver and Spectravue software, along with VSPE fo
- /archives//html/TenTec/2011-07/msg00111.html (11,293 bytes)
- 34. Re: [TenTec] OK , sounds good (score: 1)
- Author: Floyd Sense <floyd@k8ac.net>
- Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 22:22:26 -0400
- A comment on sharing the antenna with the SDR-IQ: I did that with my FT-1000MP Mk V some time back and found that I got some hash on 20M fed back from the SDR-IQ to the Mk V receive input. It that ap
- /archives//html/TenTec/2011-07/msg00113.html (8,574 bytes)
- 35. Re: [TenTec] Orion 565 Key clicks (Karl Seper) (score: 1)
- Author: Floyd Sense <floyd@k8ac.net>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:46:27 -0400
- I've worked on a couple of non-Ten Tec rigs to eliminate or reduce the key click problem. Forget about the unmodulated noise you're hearing for now - perhaps just phase noise on the signal. If you ha
- /archives//html/TenTec/2011-07/msg00153.html (11,362 bytes)
- 36. [TenTec] Yaesu 50 MHz transverter with Orion? (score: 1)
- Author: Floyd Sense <floyd@k8ac.net>
- Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2011 19:15:48 -0400
- Has anyone here used the Yaesu FTV-1000 transverter with an Orion? I see the Orion II transverter output level is a bit high compared to the transverter input spec. Any other concerns? K8AC
- /archives//html/TenTec/2011-06/msg00000.html (6,921 bytes)
- 37. Re: [TenTec] Yaesu 50 MHz transverter with Orion? (score: 1)
- Author: Floyd Sense <floyd@k8ac.net>
- Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2011 19:36:42 -0400
- True, but the Orion II manual says that you can adjust the output to the transverter only from +5 to +15 dBm, and the FTV-1000 needs only -13 dBm for full output. The Yaesu transverter may operate a
- /archives//html/TenTec/2011-06/msg00002.html (8,716 bytes)
- 38. Re: [TenTec] O3 wish list (score: 1)
- Author: Floyd Sense <floyd@k8ac.net>
- Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 11:50:04 -0400
- I'm new to the Orion II, having owned it for just a month now. Over the years, I've owned most of the better transceivers and have been using a panadaptor of one sort or another since the Icom 781. I
- /archives//html/TenTec/2011-05/msg00070.html (13,949 bytes)
- 39. [TenTec] Orion II & P3? (score: 1)
- Author: Floyd Sense <floyd@k8ac.net>
- Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 14:29:59 -0400
- Any Orion II owner using it with an Elecraft P3? I believe the P3 can be setup to handle the 9 MHz IF of the Orion. That would leave the frequency control. I don't know how the P3 to K3 interface fun
- /archives//html/TenTec/2011-05/msg00077.html (6,845 bytes)
- 40. Re: [TenTec] O3 wish list (score: 1)
- Author: Floyd Sense <floyd@k8ac.net>
- Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 14:52:13 -0400
- Haven't tried the Flex-1500, but have used an SDR-IQ that way with my Yaesu FT-1000MP Mark V. Fed the SDR-IQ the same signal that went to the Mk V receive antenna input using a hybrid splitter. The s
- /archives//html/TenTec/2011-05/msg00078.html (14,126 bytes)
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