- 161. [TenTec] 450 ohm ladder line/ten tec tuner (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 14:08:03 +0000
- To get my open wire feed into my basement I bashed out a window pane that measured around 5 x 6 inches, got a same sized piece of plexiglass, drilled two holes in it 3" apart in the center, and put i
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-10/msg00611.html (8,378 bytes)
- 162. [TenTec] ~ 1/4 wave 160 doublet (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 14:15:51 +0000
- <<There is a "magic" feed line length to make tuning easier, that's when the length of the feeder and one half the antenna make a multiple of 1/4 wave. >> I have heard this before several times but n
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-10/msg00650.html (8,749 bytes)
- 163. [TenTec] Orion tx audio (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 14:16:16 +0000
- I wonder if Orion owners, in getting a better reading of peak power on the meter, are operating at proper audio levels and sound better for it. If other rigs' meters only bounce up to around 50% of a
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-10/msg00651.html (7,802 bytes)
- 164. [TenTec] Re: Orion tx audio (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 22:24:27 +0000
- Okay, thanks; I understand now. All these new SDR radios have great sounding tx audio as far as I am concerned. Rob K5UJ From: "Rob Atkinson" <ranchorobbo@hotmail.com> To: tentec@contesting.com CC: k
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-10/msg00666.html (7,844 bytes)
- 165. [TenTec] Re: ~ 1/4 wave 160 doublet (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 22:38:11 +0000
- Thanks Jerry for the explanation; it makes sense. The solution for me would be to extend my feedline by 60 feet. I pictured feedline zig zagging across my back yard (gotta put it somewhere) and decid
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-10/msg00668.html (8,065 bytes)
- 166. [TenTec] Re: Omni VI prices: Ten-Tec used/demo list 21 Oct 03 (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 23:38:24 +0000
- Don't know if I'm the only one to notice this or not, but the latest used prices for Omni VIs are significantly lower than a few weeks ago. First the current prices then the ones for earlier this mon
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-10/msg00670.html (7,901 bytes)
- 167. [TenTec] ~ 1/4 wave 160 doublet (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 13:36:25 +0000
- I would think that, surrounded by thousands of miles of salt water, just about anything would work well in Hawaii, even the worst cloud burner. Rob Atkinson K5UJ _____________________________________
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-10/msg00680.html (8,327 bytes)
- 168. [TenTec] Centurion input (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 13:50:42 +0000
- I'm aware of the relatively high swr on the Centurion input up near the top of 75 meters but my measurements elsewhere show that it's not too bad, around 1.3 to 1.5:1. However, you might try varying
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-10/msg00681.html (7,915 bytes)
- 169. [TenTec] Ten Tec Archive (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2003 01:55:19 +0000
- If anyone knows what's happened with the Ten Tec reflector archive, i.e. where it is located now, please let me know. It used to be at contesting.com, then it was at dayton.akorn.net and now it doesn
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-11/msg00012.html (7,496 bytes)
- 170. [TenTec] Ten Tec Archive/TV noise (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 17:55:31 +0000
- Thanks, the archive is back now. Re TV noise, yesterday I saw in the local supermarket, new TVs for sale--20 inch color sets going for $80. I am worried that to cut manufacturing costs, these TVs, ma
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-11/msg00046.html (7,057 bytes)
- 171. [TenTec] Omni VI INRAD 2.8 KHz filters (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2003 01:31:27 +0000
- I was out of town all last week so am getting caught up reading old TT email. About the Omni VI 2.8 Kc filter question, I have installed the inrad 2.8 KHz filters in the two IFs in my Omni VI/3. I ha
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-11/msg00058.html (10,473 bytes)
- 172. [TenTec] Omni VI speech proc. (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 01:35:21 +0000
- Speaking of speech processors (was Orion) ever since I put my Omni VI on the air I have occasionally done A/B tests with the speech processor, on various bands, both sidebands, barefoot, with shoes,
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-11/msg00126.html (7,633 bytes)
- 173. [TenTec] Minimum power necessary (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 18:57:47 +0000
- Al does a good job in pointing out the absurdity of a minimum power rule when taken to an unsensible extreme. I try to avoid commenting on the operating of others but I must say I find working weak s
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-11/msg00163.html (9,122 bytes)
- 174. [TenTec] Orion and mics (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 18:17:05 +0000
- A few folks have stated that they run this or that sort of configuration and have never had any reports of any RF in their audio. At the risk of becoming unpopular, I'd just like to use this as an op
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-11/msg00326.html (8,531 bytes)
- 175. [TenTec] Orion and mics (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 23:06:47 +0000
- This why T/T has NEVER built a handheld rig! Point taken, but as a matter of trivia, see http://mywebpages.comcast.net/w8kc/ht.jpg Rob/K5UJ ___________________________________________________________
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-11/msg00341.html (7,542 bytes)
- 176. [TenTec] Orion in contests (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 05:45:00 +0000
- <<<2 X 3-500 amps with 3KV and up on the plates are becoming less Hmm, not so sure about that one--besides Ten Tec, Ameritron and QRO both make 2 x 3-500 amps. Unless you are splitting hairs in the s
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-11/msg00415.html (8,557 bytes)
- 177. [TenTec] Orion in contests (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 23:26:32 +0000
- We have a potential TT customer who posed a reasonable question: why are there few eham reviews of the Orion? He received some responses but no answers. One was something like this: "If you have to a
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-11/msg00450.html (11,047 bytes)
- 178. [TenTec] Choice of rigs for contests (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 23:35:22 +0000
- <<<...And the main reason has nothing to do with performance. It's familiarity. These folks depend on a bunch of volunteer ops descending on their QTH for a weekend of work/play. The only rigs the va
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-11/msg00451.html (8,443 bytes)
- 179. [TenTec] 7800 purchases (was Orion in contests) (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 15:11:46 +0000
- <<<I was at the Fort Wayne, IN Hamfest last wk end. Talked to Icom, the 7800 will be more like $10,000? AND the first run is spoken for. Go Figure... I also doubted there would be very many 7800s sol
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-11/msg00487.html (8,513 bytes)
- 180. [TenTec] Software releases (score: 1)
- Author: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 19:05:05 +0000
- Miscellaneous comments: <<<Why not Rob? Since you work in software, you should know it is also very simple to reload an earlier version if there is a problem. I've had my Orion since August 21 which
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-11/msg00502.html (10,532 bytes)
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