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
Acknowledgement of my personal fault and error! Yesterday, I sent a post containing the following: Most of the above is NOT fact. I have now heard directly from TT about the situation in Orlando. As
Hi, In recent days(2/9/03), Doug Smith has posted detailed design info about the AGC and ALC systems in the Orion. Very interesting reading; have a look: http://www.doug-smith.net/digitalagc.htm I tr
Info at the TT web site advises that NEW orders for the Orion will probably be shipped in May. Some have evidently read this to mean no shipping until May.....not so. "Usually well informed sources"
Wish Kauai were closer to Charlotte, hi. "KF6DX (Doug Smith) and W4PA (Scott) will present a forum on Orion at Charlotte, 11 AM on March 9". That is the hamfest from which we got the first pictures o
Hi, Doug Smith has posted an update to his earlier description of the Orion circuit/function design. See: http://www.doug-smith.net/orion.htm Specifically, at least I noticed, more info about the rcv
Tim posed the following: I did not order my Orion until October; the following, posted in mid_October, is what "sold" me, sight unseen: http://www.doug-smith.net/orion.htm Some of these words may not
Hi, Have just noticed that the TT folks have now "updated" the published specs on the important dynamic range numbers. Now list at the Orion web site the following: "IP3: +25 dBm typical, 20-kHz spac
Hi, A "usually well informed source" has told me that a booting problem with the ADI SHARC DSP chips has been solved! One of TT's very bright engineers found the solution, at last. A high TT official