Bud, I have the same issue with my Omni-C. Google spun aluminum knob inserts. There are a few people out there who are making inserts. John / WA1JG I have a very nice Omni D that I need to replace th
My house sits on directly on ledge and I have the rocks in the basement area to prove it. Headspace goes from 7 ft in the back corner where my furnace is to about 3 ft in the front of the house. The
Stuart. What you say makes sense. Does it also make sense to fan radials (4 to 6 at 20-30 ft in length?) off one end of the house. This would prevent discussions with neighbors. It is not clear to me
To return this to the original subject I started with After all the discussion, I decided to switch my tuner to bypass and see where I was and what happened while I was on a local 10M net. The answer
Jim, I have been considering the Yamaha Headset. Any experience with the Jupiter? My thinking is that a headset and a foot switch (already working) would be more convenient than dragging around the d
Barry, Ahhhh. I suspected that they had to be upright Thanks for the confirmation. John / WA1JG Yes any two, as long as you observe correct polarity. Barry N1EU ______________________________________
Jim, Thanks for the reply. I had known that Al Kahn had founded Electro-Voice. I wish I had the chance to talk with him. My dad was a huge electro-voice fan and he and his best friend from High Schoo
Jim, I suspect you are refering to my Dads friend, Bart Locanthi. They were best friends until the War, when they lost track of each other. My stepmother said that seeing the two of them together, it
John / WA1JG Thanks& 73, Barry N1EU _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
Even though this is a an "Omni" discusion, I wanted to add that I have an older Jupiter and use the Audio and RF gain as described, and this plus using the bandwidth control makes the (limited) conte
Dave, I already have a 525. Do you have information or pointers on the mods you made. Also how much improvement did you get with these mods? 73, John / WA1JG I'm cleaning out some of my hoard. FS is
I got curious and tried to find the dual phono jack article. As most of us have discovered, the TT site has been greatly modified and a number of items, including the dual phono jack one have been mo
I just went back and looked at Rick's link. The link appears in the message on my screen as 3 lines and only the first line is underlined and picked up when clicked. If the message is shown as a a si
I am considering adding the autotuner to my Jupiter. My normal antenna for now is a G5RV with plans for getting my R-7 Vertical back on the air ASAP. Other than making me feel better, what is gained
The tuner is a MFJ- 949e rated at 300 watts. I have not been able to find the specs other than it is built to handle 300 W and will resonate most antennas. It has tuned antennas for me for a long tim
I have an Argosy and think it would fun to use it as a portable rig. Has anybody built up a portable supply for it? The listed specs say it draws .5 A on RX and 9 A. Max. Is it really 2 A. total at l
Mike, Thanks for the reply. I have operated QRP from the house and find that the Argosy is a workable rig even at 5 Watts. The first rig I ever used was a Argonaut so the Argosy seems to be a reasona
Dave, Thanks for jumping in. I have a battery distributor almost in my backyard (1 town over) and will have to ask him about a case like yours. I was kind of hoping for 3 hours and it sounds like I c
My Argosy 525 S/N 00042 (assumed relatively early) has only the traditional ham bands plus 10 Mhz (30M) John / WA1JG It was also advertised from the get-go as having 30 meters. No footnotes about "wh
Ah.. In a effort to confuse me if not the entire group, I have a question that is slightly off topic? If the AADE dial works with a Corsair, will it work with my "beloved" Argosy. This is the orginal