Dave, Yes I did try reception directly in the shack and no joy. My shack is in a corner of the basement with four poured concrete walls (great tornado shelter) and no windows, so that wasn't too supr
Well, I got things working! I took a piece of RG8X because I had it some and attached BNC connectors to both ends after running it through the house band board into the shack. I used an old PC networ
Carl, Thanks for the info. However, it looks like my setup's viability was short lived. I got up this morining and noticed that the clock was in holdover mode. I checked the softtware and it's not tr
Last night I hooked hooked up my HPZ3801 GPS clock. Everything seemed to be working fine. It was tracking 5 or 6 sats and the Ext Ref light on the RX340 was on. This morning I noticed that the clock
Don, I don't have an Orion yet, but my understanding is that the 6 MHz filters from the Omni V and VI are the ones used in the Orion. In fact, when I do get my Orion, I'm planning on moving those fro
This raises an intersesting question. Given that these filters are now used as roofing filters rather than as IF filters, will the Inrad 400 Hz filter work properly when the Orion is expecting a TT
center the thought the slope of the Orion filters was adjustable (similar to the sharp and soft filtering available in the Icom 756 Pro II). I don't have an Orion, so I can't check it out. Mark
Jerry, All it is is an optical encoder, no additional circuitry.The terminals on the encoder connect directly to the 25 pin connector on the back of the Omni. Of course, it's probably nicer if there
Mark, There is a 'Keep Alive' feature where the Pegasus will go out of TX if it doesn't receive communication from the host computer within a short time. As documented in the Programmer's Reference G
Mike, Is this knob an optical encoder that can be turned infinitely in either direction or does it just move one revolution (i.e. a pot)? Any idea if two knobs can be connected at the same time? 73,
What I found interesting in the ARRL summary of the FCC was that the FCC denied amateurs the LF allocation as they were concerned about interference to power line communication. Obviously, the power
Timely post. At the Dayton Hamvention yesterday, MFJ had a table selling discontinued items. One of the items was some NOS (new old stock) Telex 'Contester' boom headsets. I have used Telex headsets
My Omni VI option 3 upgrade has developed symptoms of RF feedback. I got a report of RF in my transmitted audio. I'm also hearing muffled audio in the speaker or headphones when transmitting. I get t
Earl, Interesting comments! I wonder why the Orion doesn't compensate for UCW / LCW? How long does it take to switch? I would have thought that it would be instantaneous. Mark
Adam, Yes, it can be unlocked, and we in the US need it too. We use SSB to operate the digital modes such as PSK31 in the 'CW' portion of the bands. Under the preferences menu on the setting screen,
Anyone interested in selling a TenTec 526 6 and 2 meter all mode rig? I'm interested in buying one. Some of the locals are getting in to 2m SSB and PSK31. 73, Mark, N8ME