Out here, about 30 to 45 minutes before sunrise, and continuing throughout the day, a brilliant red Cardinal sits right atop the mast on my "tower" (well, only about 35 feet high now, cranked down).
Hi again, Well, I have been informed by a "very reliable source" with added data, at least new to me. 1. The IP3 data posted at the Ten Tec web site, the curve for the Orion, was collected with the t
Ken, N6KB, asked: .......... Yes, absolutely, and that was my intended meaning, sorry if I was not clear. The only "intermodulating" going on, thus producing the IMD (intermodulation distortion), is
Hi, Am using my "old" Corsair II while I wait patiently for am Orion on order. Have been noticing that the rcv signals grow weak after a bit of time. A couple of quick "pops" on the PTT button, and b
Thanks to the several of you who suggested having a look at the RX -TX/RX switch on the back of the radio. I checked it with my ancient VOM (FET inpuit). Seemed to show a bit of R even when set to th
A quick recap of this. It has been a couple of days since I put a wire jumper across the pins of the TX-TX/RX slider switch on the back of my Corsair II. Rcv has worked fb ever since. So that certain
Hi again, Recall the discussion a few days ago following my finding that here on Kauai the day of exactly equal number hours between sunrise and sunset was happening on 15 March. It was true, and her
But............mine won't be until after "late April"; my Orion will be from the 2nd production run, sniff. Oh well, what's another month after already 5 months since I placed my order, hi. Now we l
Paul, W9AC, wrote, in part: The above is exactly the way I connected the Ameritron QSK-5 to my OmniVI+; and that is exactly the way my coming (when?, probably sometime in May, 2nd lot) Orion will be
Hi gang, Sure am looking forward to learning the reactions of the half dozen or so beta test folks. What lucky people they are!! I was not selected to beta test ONLY because I am about 4800 miles Wes
Bob, KB1CIW, wrote, in part: Hi Bob, Not sure if it was my Corsair II you heard, but if so, my mike is a Heil Goldline, and I keep it in the "Wide" switch position. Net control, Mike, only gave me a
Tim asked: Yes, of course, especially during very busy band conditions, such as occur during contest weekends, or wide open DX bands during periods of excellent propagation. Also, the better your ant
Have heard that the first impression was.... not very great. The demonstrators of the Orion (I do not know who they were) couldn't get the menu to work and they had to reboot the rig several times.
Hi Tim, so far, so good. Now you must put in one more jumper. At the socket into which the external VFO plug was to go, you need to jumper pins 2 and 6. Pin 2 has +12 volts on it, and pin 6 "enables
Tim, There is a picture of the socket, with the jumper properly in place on page 2-1 of my CII manual. The pin numbering is weird! Anyway, the jumper goes between the middle "hole" of the top horizo