Amen! jack ak7o Bragging about your experience and credentials does give you greater credibility. Besides, you express a particularly egocentric point of view. The world of ham radio is big enough
i have been using LOGic for years and lately along with MixW. LOGic8 and MixW2 work wonderfully well together especially for digital modes. entering the callsign into MixW and ENTER sends that call t
one can use a serial to USB adapter just fine for the Orion. no serial port needed in my experience to read the rig or key the rig. i use a serial to USB cable for either or both opertions. software
yes, regularly. if hooked up properly it reads my radio. also MixW2 is running. MixW2 sends info to LOGic8 fine, but because i have LOGic set to read the radio directly the frequency is not correct.
i agree totally John. i had a 75S3B which i sold years ago. i now wish i still had it. it was the best receiver i have ever heard overall. i do love my Orions now however. so am very happy. they hear
you have a serious quandary John! i can't imagine selling any of them. i would store them myself. in fact i am doing just that with my 2nd Orion. i store it on the deks beside the first Orion! jack a
do you folks who use the switching power supplies have problems with your radios? i have been using 35 amp Astron (RS 35A) because the RS 20A would not supply enuf power for the Orion running at 100
i have been using xlog in Ubuntu 8.10. it reads my orion and the cw keyer works wonderfully. xlog-2.0.3 has just been released by Joop and has several bug fixes along with fixing the control keys in
good luck. i know of no software that controls all radio functions in Linux. SSH would allow you to be remote if the software has the capabilities to do as you wish. 73 jack on second thought, networ
do you know that the device is keying? have you checked the unit with a meter to see if it is actually closing the circuit when your computer is running a cw program? is your internal keyer on the Om
one only has noise from an amplifier relay if the amp is running. i have found no need for more than the standard 100 watts (75 normally) for the last 20 years. if i can hear the station i can normal
i run the Orion which REQUIRES a STEREO jack for both front and back CW keying. the center ring is NOT connected for keyer or bug or straight key. i have the internal keyer turned off. a Vibroplex bu
i suppose the Orion is much simpler in regard to keying. set it on CW and it runs standard QSK. jack ak7o PS: since i only operate CW, i have never hooked a mike to my radios. i know that they have e
i have all my filter slots full with TT 250Hz and 500Hz filters. i have not tried Inrad filters so can't compare. i like the TT filters as they are relatively quiet and have no ring. also found them