You might check the archives a year or two back, J.B. There were some available for the Delta II. I bought 2 of the lamps from someone who had bought eight or more. But, then I think that was all tha
Absolutely. My favorite 'trick' is to leave a radio on on some odd frequency while I'm doing something else in the room. It's really interesting what comes by the frequency (any frequency) over the c
Try #DA5F0E (hex) or (red)218 (green)95 (blue)14 If you have photoshop or a graphics application you can punch in those numbers and see if that's close. I have a color chart here and #D95B0F, radios,
I'm saving now for that $3300 dot with radio attached (similarly, 14 years ago, I bought a 70' tower and TH6 with house and pool attached (it was owned by K5RC)--it was a good buy). For the dot, thou
And, please, PLEASE, P-U-L-E-A-S-E, listen before tuning up on a frequency. After you are assured the frequency is not in use, tune up quickly. If you do happen to tune up on top of an ongoing QSO, p
Jim, You might check out www.yahoo.com and type in "iambic a iambic b" and see what hits you get. I did and the first page netted four or five explanations with about 3800 other hits. 73, dale, kg5u
Ken, Here's what I found: QST July 1993 page 36 An Infrared Optoelectronic Keyer, Cebik, L.B., W4RNL February 1992, page 30 An Infrared Optoelectronic Straight Key, L.B. Cebik, W4RNL August 1991, pag
There are reviews of the Mini-33A (10-15-20) beam on the www.eham.net website. Maybe you can correlate their comments with the WARC version. Find the product reviews page, select HF directional anten
I believe the link to a page to subscribe just by submitting your e-mail address is at the end of every single e-mail message that is posted on this list. ahem... 73, dale, kg5u
For many years, I used an old Heath mobile microphone. I got the greatest audio reports while using it. Try different things. If you have a mic or two around, go for it. I even built a mic from a mic
Jeff Maass, K8ND, recently posed a query on the CQ Contest reflector about optimal equipment placement configurations for SO2R (Single-Operator, 2-radio) contesting. He received some links to webpage
Recently my radio returned home from Ten-Tec service after some power output work. They checked all connectors and that apparently was the problem because they could not duplicate the loss out power
I'm seeing a similar thing on my Omni VI, except it's popping the PS breaker at about 8 or 10 watts on the low bands and about 25 watts on 10m. I also get some intermittency or breakup/down of some s
like to see someone (Ten-Tec) show some imagination huh? What, pray tell, have they been showing and demonstrating for the last 30 (or more?) years? I've got the best radio around by far in my Omni
I haven't done it, Eric. I use RIT so infrequently during a contest that it's more a bother than a tool. But, what you might do is verify from Ten-Tec or someone here that the RIT/XIT control is, in