- 21. RE: [TenTec] Jupiter vs 746 PRO (score: 1)
- Author: "John Clifford" <johnclif@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 09:52:29 -0800
- Well... Sometimes there is bias (an opinion not backed up by objective fact) and sometimes there is truth. For example, just because everyone is sitting around at the local gun club complaining about
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-02/msg00739.html (11,068 bytes)
- 22. RE: [TenTec] Centaur quiet fan? (score: 1)
- Author: "John Clifford" <johnclif@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 01:29:04 -0800
- There are plenty of computer system cooling fans available that run on 12VDC that have a thermistor so that fan speed (and noise) varies with the temperature (the fan's speed is proportional to the a
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-01/msg00579.html (9,889 bytes)
- 23. RE: [TenTec] OT will someone convert a MS Word Document to Acrobat format for me, please (score: 1)
- Author: "John Clifford" <johnclif@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 21:09:20 -0800
- Send it to me and I'll convert it. - jgc John Clifford KD7KGX Heathkit HW-9 WARC/HFT-9/HM-9 Elecraft K2 #1678 /KSB2/KIO2/KBT2/KAT2/KNB2/KAF2/KPA100 Ten-Tec Omni VI/Opt1 Alinco DR-605TQ Icom T90A emai
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-01/msg00611.html (9,486 bytes)
- 24. RE: [TenTec] Quieting fan (score: 1)
- Author: "John Clifford" <johnclif@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 19:11:12 -0800
- All of the cooling ideas are interesting... but the idea of the 150 ohm 25w resistor is probably the most practical. The poster of that message indicated that he had made temperature measurements sho
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-01/msg00640.html (9,512 bytes)
- 25. RE: [TenTec] OMNI VI+ BFO crystals (score: 1)
- Author: "John Clifford" <johnclif@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 13:27:20 -0800
- I dunno about the VI+, but the TX Audio board in the VI can be improved by replacing the factory crystal with more stable crystals. After I modified my VI/Opt1 with new BFO xtals and a TXCO upgrade I
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-01/msg00888.html (9,543 bytes)
- 26. RE: [TenTec] TT 238B ?s... (score: 1)
- Author: "John Clifford" <johnclif@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 04:05:49 -0800
- I guess I will reply to my own message, in the hope that it helps someone else... I WROTE (concerning my 238B): The meter isn't working so it is impossible to tune without using an additional externa
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-12/msg00167.html (10,782 bytes)
- 27. RE: [TenTec] Solid State Amps (score: 1)
- Author: "John Clifford" <johnclif@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 10:40:36 -0800
- The Tokyo High Power amps seem to be very well made. Their best-selling amp here in the US is their HL-50B which boosts 5w or 10w up to 50w. It's a favorite of FT-817 owners and other QRP operators.
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-12/msg00281.html (12,200 bytes)
- 28. RE: [TenTec] Solid State Amps (score: 1)
- Author: "John Clifford" <johnclif@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 10:42:12 -0800
- Refurbing an existing amp is not manufacturing, it is repairing. The door is wide open for someone to buy old basket-case amps, rebuild 'em, and resell them to amateurs. I've seen a couple of repair
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-12/msg00326.html (10,655 bytes)
- 29. RE: [TenTec] How do I do frequency calibration? (score: 1)
- Author: "John Clifford" <johnclif@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 21:36:22 -0800
- Hello Chris, It's really not that big of a deal. You need a calibrated frequency source, either a frequency counter, or you can use WWV on 10 Mhz. I find it helps considerably if I use a program with
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-11/msg00738.html (10,206 bytes)
- 30. RE: [TenTec] Waiting for Transceiver Nirvana (score: 1)
- Author: "John Clifford" <johnclif@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 22:22:09 -0800
- You can buy a 1w HF SDR now for $499.95. I'm thinking of picking one up just to play with it. - jgc John Clifford KD7KGX Heathkit HW-9 WARC/HFT-9/HM-9 Elecraft K2 #1678 /KSB2/KIO2/KBT2/KAT2/KNB2/KAF2
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-11/msg00791.html (13,928 bytes)
- 31. RE: [TenTec] MixW and Jupiter to send CW, but not as SSB (score: 1)
- Author: "John Clifford" <johnclif@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 16:57:26 -0700
- You need to use a serial-to-PTT interface, as found in most soundcard interfaces or in the ARRL Handbook. That way, the software can assert DTR/RTS and trigger your PTT circuit. I have used MixW with
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-10/msg00408.html (8,857 bytes)
- 32. RE: [TenTec] Orion Color (score: 1)
- Author: "John Clifford" <johnclif@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 17:07:12 -0700
- I don't know why people knock the idea of a color display. IMO, it would make a great radio even better. The implementation on the 756 Pro and Pro II is a start, but Icom could have used color to bet
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-10/msg00409.html (13,154 bytes)
- 33. RE: [TenTec] Orion SSB Challenge: why no Orions heard? (score: 1)
- Author: "John Clifford" <johnclif@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 12:32:07 -0700
- I think you have to define what "wrong" means. Different people look for different things when they buy a radio. For the $1200 I spent on my used Omni VI/Opt1 a couple of years ago, I could have pur
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-10/msg00474.html (11,415 bytes)
- 34. [TenTec] TT 238B ?s... (score: 1)
- Author: "John Clifford" <johnclif@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 18:21:24 -0700
- Greetings, I picked up one of these as a demo from Ten-Tec several months ago to accompany my Centaur and just set it up. The meter isn't working so it is impossible to tune without using an addition
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-10/msg00527.html (8,657 bytes)
- 35. [TenTec] Omni VI filter ?s... (score: 1)
- Author: "John Clifford" <johnclif@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 20:54:58 -0700
- I have noticed that when I switch in my 500 Hz 9 Mhz RTTY filter, I can still see strong signals that are out of the filter's passband on my waterfall display. With my uncalibrated S-meter I can esti
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-10/msg00601.html (8,411 bytes)
- 36. RE: [TenTec] 515 (score: 1)
- Author: "John Clifford" <johnclif@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 05:42:04 -0800
- I'd like to buy your 405 amplifier. Do you still have it, and how much? If it's $150 or less including shipping I'll take it, and I'd like to pay via PayPal if that's okay with you. - jgc John Cliffo
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-10/msg00851.html (9,299 bytes)
- 37. RE: [TenTec] SGC's ADSP2 board on a TT Omni VI+ (score: 1)
- Author: "John Clifford" <johnclif@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 16:06:00 -0700
- The Omni VI+ already has DSP, and in my experience it works pretty well. Why would you want to add this board? What would it buy you? - jgc John Clifford KD7KGX Heathkit HW-9 WARC/HFT-9/HM-9 Elecraft
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-09/msg00137.html (7,939 bytes)
- 38. RE: [TenTec] SGC's ADSP2 board on a TT Omni VI+ (score: 1)
- Author: "John Clifford" <johnclif@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 16:55:27 -0700
- Hey, there are lies, damn lies, statistics... and press releases. But where's the test data that SHOWS the Argonaut V/ADSP2 has better specs than the Omni VI+? This is just someone's ASSERTION. Re th
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-09/msg00139.html (9,632 bytes)
- 39. RE: [TenTec] MixW & Omni VI (score: 1)
- Author: "John Clifford" <johnclif@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 02:24:52 -0700
- What radio have you chosen for CAT? I am using the IC-735 and the use of the ALIGN macro works FB in my setup... I have an 'align' macro that switches in the 500 Hz RTTY filter and then moves the sig
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-09/msg00433.html (9,852 bytes)
- 40. RE: [TenTec] MixW & Omni VI (score: 1)
- Author: "John Clifford" <johnclif@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 13:07:18 -0700
- I'm currently using 2.08 and my align macros work fine. For whatever reason it sounds like the ALIGN macro on your setup is not sending frequency information to your Omni VI. Have you tried sending t
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-09/msg00448.html (9,004 bytes)
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