- 301. Re: [TenTec] Whait am I missing here? (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>
- Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:42:15 -1000
- I've been thinking about buying either an Orion II, a Pro III or a K3 for a few months now. The K3 is pretty much out due to it's small size and old school LCD screen. The color screens on the other
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-09/msg00315.html (8,827 bytes)
- 302. Re: [TenTec] Serious market overlooked by ham manufacturers (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>
- Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2008 11:30:34 -1000
- Yes the numbers do speak. Very few people have 222 MHz capability. I think for a 222 MHz radio to sell many units, it has to be a mobile, with a bit a power capability. Alinco makes one and I guess f
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-08/msg00016.html (11,520 bytes)
- 303. Re: [TenTec] pilot light bulbs (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>
- Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:40:15 -1000
- LEDs may disappoint you very much. Yes. I own five 229/238 tuners. I put LED's in the first one I bought. Didn't even consider doing it to the others. Instead, buy 14 volt, long life incandescent bul
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-08/msg00037.html (9,092 bytes)
- 304. Re: [TenTec] pilot light bulbs (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>
- Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:31:25 -1000
- Hi Jim, Since Marinus' first post referred to a Ten-Tec 228 tuner, you are correct about the 12 to 14 volt supply. Marinus also mentioned the bulbs in his Omni 546-C, and asked whether they are 6 vol
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-08/msg00048.html (11,187 bytes)
- 305. Re: [TenTec] Help me Decide ?? (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>
- Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:49:47 -1000
- I'm casting my vote for the Omni VI. I'd go for a version 3 or a +. I know there is a microprocessor or two inside it, yet when I operate it, it does not remind me that it is a computer. It acts like
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-08/msg00090.html (10,888 bytes)
- 306. Re: [TenTec] Help me Decide ?? (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>
- Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:48:49 -1000
- RF getting into equipment running 500 to 1.5KW is a problem with any radio. Seldom a problem with tube radios, especially operating CW. Does that mean I'd stick to tube technology? No. Any one who sa
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-08/msg00122.html (11,199 bytes)
- 307. Re: [TenTec] Help me Decide ?? (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>
- Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:56:03 -1000
- One can easily be comfortable with computer programming and still prefer not to be dependent on a computer to operate their radio, so I would say the first part of your hypothesis is not necessarily
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-08/msg00135.html (10,211 bytes)
- 308. Re: [TenTec] 229A Tuner question (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>
- Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:10:20 -1000
- The fatal flaw of the RCA connector design is that the cable has a male on both ends. If you hit the tuner chassis with it as you plug it in while the Corsair is powered up, the short may take out a
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-08/msg00165.html (8,906 bytes)
- 309. Re: [TenTec] 229A Tuner question (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>
- Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:11:52 -1000
- Or you can look for a surplus laptop power supply that you can install a bypass switch on (similar to a lamp cord switch) Watch out for RF noise from these things. You may be batter off with a plain
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-08/msg00167.html (9,030 bytes)
- 310. Re: [TenTec] 229A Tuner question (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>
- Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:24:08 -1000
- Hi Ron, et all, What I said about laptop power supplies was: "Watch out for RF noise from these things. You may be batter off with a plain non-switched mode wall wart." Ron noticed that I misspelled
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-08/msg00188.html (9,660 bytes)
- 311. Re: [TenTec] cabling question re TT 253 tuner (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>
- Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:16:46 -1000
- Hi Allan, I suggest you use the best RCA phono cables you can find, or build you own using RG-58, so that you know what kind of shield they have. I had some trouble with my 253, which seemed to be RF
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-08/msg00225.html (9,824 bytes)
- 312. Re: [TenTec] OT: Ground Radials at Tower Base (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>
- Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:02:13 -1000
- The ONLY benefit of a connection to earth is lightning protection. Maybe so, however the question was about adding radials. There is definitely more benefit from adding radials to a vertical antenna
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-08/msg00240.html (9,581 bytes)
- 313. Re: [TenTec] Hercules II fan noise (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>
- Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:54:02 -1000
- Hi Steve, Your Hercules II fan is definitely noisier than mine. I wonder if someone has already changed the fan for a different model which is noisier. I suggest you ask Ten-Tec what the specs are fo
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-08/msg00410.html (9,325 bytes)
- 314. [TenTec] OT: logging programs (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>
- Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:04:22 -1000
- Hi all, This post is completely off topic, and I have labeled it accordingly in the subject line. I have been using Hyperlog, a DOS program for years. It has worked well so I have had no great incent
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-08/msg00411.html (8,794 bytes)
- 315. Re: [TenTec] OT: logging programs (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>
- Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:28:38 -1000
- Thank you all for the advice on logging programs. I found the utility in Hyperlog to create an ADIF file. That worked fine and I imported that file into DXKeeper. It all seems to be working, includin
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-08/msg00429.html (9,771 bytes)
- 316. Re: [TenTec] OmniVI+ 30M L.O. instability (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>
- Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:16:26 -1000
- Hi Jack When it is very warm in my shack (~85F) my Omni VI+ has the following problem on 30M only. Every 35 seconds or so the frequency would jump on the order of 10-50Hz for a fraction of a second,
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-08/msg00472.html (11,248 bytes)
- 317. Re: [TenTec] OmniVI+ 30M L.O. instability (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>
- Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:58:06 -1000
- Sent mine back to Ten Tec and they replaced the crystal oven with a TCXO. Common replacement. The 20 MHz TCXO or crystal oven oscillator is used as the reference oscillator for the VFO PLL system and
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-08/msg00474.html (8,780 bytes)
- 318. Re: [TenTec] OmniVI+ 30M L.O. instability (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>
- Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 07:41:25 -1000
- Oops, I left out the word "not". The order of the coils used for each band is NOT immediately obvious, partly because a few of the crystals and coils are used on more than one band.
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-08/msg00487.html (8,217 bytes)
- 319. Re: [TenTec] Looking for a rig upgrade... (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>
- Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:14:46 -1000
- "As for the Inrad mod, I have that on my Omni VI+ and it does broaden the audio a bit. It is nice. For me personally, it was not so compelling a change that I added it to my Option 3 rigs. If you do
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-07/msg00050.html (11,868 bytes)
- 320. Re: [TenTec] SWR VS Power Loss (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>
- Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:24:39 -1000
- Found this nice table. Thought I would pass it along. http://www.firestik.com/Tech_Docs/SWRLOSS.htm "SWR (Standing Wave Ratio) affects the power output of your radio. The following table shows the ef
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-07/msg00063.html (9,772 bytes)
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