It wasn't habit; it was U.S. regulations. Input power was calculated, not output power. Lots of folks who entered amateur radio since the change in regulations seem to think it was always thus. Dave
I'm finally getting around to doing the sweep mod on my Orion. I removed the covers this evening. I know about the master transmit audio gain pot and the contrast post under the lip of the front pane
Ron, Thanks very much for the information. 73, Dave K8MN Ron Castro Chief Technical Officer Results Radio, LLC N6IE www.N6IE.com -- Original Message -- From: "Dave Heil" <k8mn@earthlink.net> To: "Dis
Thanks for the recent update - 2.062a. It seems to work okay, although I haven't wrung out every little trick. I like the S meter action, it works fine with my MixW, the CW sounds fine and so does S
R1, the series plate resistor however is really wierd. The 10 ohm 25 watt resistor now reads almost 8000 ohms. Also, there is a big black carbon spot on the back of the TUNE capacitor where it arced
Propane powered generators generally develop more power than gas powered. That being said, if I could get natural gas I would do it in a heartbeat. Gents, There's an outfit in Canvas, West Virginia
Gents, It is just a feeling that I have, but you seem to be talking about an object which was bought and paid for by another. We aren't speaking of an ancient objet d'art. A radio transceiver produce
Some of the misinformation on this topic comes straight from Paul at Ten-Tec. After I had lightning damage and discussed the matter with a local ham who is an electric company employee, I broached th
Ken N9VV wrote: PSK31, Olivia, and other digi modes DEPEND on stable signals on both ends. Old time boat anchors are not generally used on digi modes due to their drift and instability. Ken N9VV If t
Oh please. The tragic part is that so many can't see beyond their bifocals and believe the operating mode CW is all that defines ham radio. It has always been one of the things which defines amateur
I'm not sure that I'm following you. An SB-200 is a 1KW input amp with a pair of 572-B's. The Ameritron 811 series comes with either a pair or three 811A's. Surely the version with three 811A's puts
I don't believe you can compare programming SDR radio with the IC 7800 or the ftdx 9000 type radios which are hardware based Just the opposite - IC7800 is more SDR and less hardware based than Orion
If you are willing to spend a few bucks, I don't think you can beat the StepIR (http://www.steppir.com/). It's like having a monobander tuned for every frequency you chose to operate. They come in al
You couldn't buy an Orion at any price in 1986, but the point is that we had to work more hours to afford high-end equipment in the days of Collins, Hallicrafters, et al. -aa6e Bingo! Lots of folks w
DE N6KB I recently auctioned one at $800 with matching power supply, all filters, FM board, non-working RS-232 board and original manual. Dave Heil K8MN
know what a Oigee board is, look it up on Google!) Should also be compensated for pre-amp in or out. That's Oija....not Oigee. ;-) Those clods who manufactured them, mistakenly called them "Ouija". :
Dan Mattingly wrote: Went to Sherwin Williams with the top cover from my Paragon and asked them to match it up. They stated the least amount they could do was a gallon. So I left the cover with them
To those of you who have QST libraries.... look at the pre-WW2 schemes for feeding beams with open line.... our fathers and grandfathers were no dummies.... At the antenna end of the open line you f