- 41. Re: [TenTec] Orion CW operation (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 16:51:21 -0400
- Great QSK, but no QSOs! Would it be better if the rig inserted "band noise" matched to your current condx when you are in Tx? A sudden switch from band noise to noiseless monitor tone is bound to be
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-05/msg00651.html (8,188 bytes)
- 42. Re: [TenTec] an alternative to unsubscribing (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 12:05:40 -0400
- Some folks might like to try Google Mail (gmail), which presents your mail automatically as "conversations" (threaded by subject) without the problems of digesting. That helps me a lot dealing with h
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-06/msg00023.html (7,955 bytes)
- 43. Re: [TenTec] Annual review of the Orion (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 14:42:37 -0400
- I have infinite respect for Carl, N4PY, but let's recognize that writing real-time embedded software is not the same as writing a back-end that only needs to communicate on the serial port. One of th
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-06/msg00029.html (9,953 bytes)
- 44. Re: [TenTec] Orion 1st Year of Use: et al (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 14:22:48 -0400
- That's a nice story. Sometimes they "take it away" before much polishing happens, and sometimes the "polisher" tries too hard and makes gouges that have to be patched! It will be very interesting to
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-06/msg00051.html (9,608 bytes)
- 45. Re: [TenTec] PSK31 (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 22:48:30 -0400
- For PSK31, I use the following: Tx BW: 3000 Hz LF Rolloff: 100 Hz (helps keep 60 Hz out) TX Eq: 0 dB You want the widest and flattest passband for the Tx. On Rx, I search the waterfall with ~ 3 kHz B
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-06/msg00096.html (8,957 bytes)
- 46. Re: [TenTec] PSK31 (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 11:59:39 -0400
- On that note (?), it's good to check your soundcard levels. I can easily drive mine into distortion, getting lots of harmonics and junk. If you run it just below where it begins to clip and distort,
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-06/msg00105.html (9,078 bytes)
- 47. Re: [TenTec] Long mic cables for Studio 1 on boom (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 14:13:12 -0400
- I use the short boom, and my TT Heil mic cable is a little too long. What you gonna do? :-) Seriously, my mic has an XLR connector. I assume yours does, too? I'd think that any XLR male-to-female mic
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-06/msg00230.html (9,795 bytes)
- 48. Re: [TenTec] Long mic cables for Studio 1 on boom (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 15:42:00 -0400
- FORGET everything I said.. The Heil mic does NOT have a "normal" 3-pin XLR connector, as I thought. It has a 4-pin XLR connector. This is often used for power connections in audio work, from what I r
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-06/msg00238.html (13,925 bytes)
- 49. Re: [TenTec] Long mic cables for Studio 1 on boom (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 17:59:25 -0400
- The better word is "common". All mics and cables I've worked with (monophonic PA applications) are 3-pin XLR. The ready-made cables at bhphotovideo.com (good outfit) are 3-pin. Etc. 73 Martin AA6E __
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-06/msg00256.html (9,630 bytes)
- 50. Re: [TenTec] Voltages on 50 ohm Dummy Load (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 10:53:16 -0400
- You may be confusing PEP with RMS and instantaneous voltage. If you have 1500 watts of power at any instant (fraction of a cycle) in a 50 ohm load, you have 274 volts, from P = V**2/R. So far so good
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-06/msg00285.html (9,292 bytes)
- 51. Re: [TenTec] Voltages on 50 ohm Dummy Load (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 11:12:32 -0400
- That was a long-winded way of saying that if you measure 387 volts peak into 50 ohms, you've got 1500 W RMS, assuming you've got a pure sine wave. (If you have visible harmonics, you've got real trou
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-06/msg00286.html (7,591 bytes)
- 52. Re: [TenTec] Voltages on 50 ohm Dummy Load (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 21:04:46 -0400
- Bob, If you've got 274 volts sinewave peak-to-peak, that's .707 * (274 / 2) = 96.8 volts RMS. Across 50 ohms, my number is P = 96.8**2/50 = 187 Watts. RMS volts are what you want, and it's the voltag
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-06/msg00299.html (9,924 bytes)
- 53. Re: [TenTec] Orion panel readibility (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 22:31:30 -0400
- Voids the warranty and ruins the resale value, of course. ;-) Martin -- martin.ewing@gmail.com http://blog.aa6e.net _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesti
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-06/msg00418.html (7,990 bytes)
- 54. Re: [TenTec] Orion panel readibility (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 22:21:36 -0400
- I've experimented with one solution, which is to place a lamp that shines tangentially to the front panel. It makes those raised black characters stand out nicely. Some forward thinking entrepreneur
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-06/msg00457.html (8,949 bytes)
- 55. [TenTec] QSY to Orion list? (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 00:39:25 -0400
- The tone on orion@contesting.com (and http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orion565/) is positive. Consider using them for Orion technical issues. We might be doing a favor for other TT'ers. The best postin
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-06/msg00647.html (7,002 bytes)
- 56. Re: [TenTec] 7/20/05: Ten-Tec announces ORION II (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 11:25:48 -0400
- I had that "fun" too when I was tracking down an unsoldered pin on the headphone jack. It was high excitement -- would I be able to put this thing back together without busting it? This is not someth
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-07/msg00845.html (11,743 bytes)
- 57. Re: [TenTec] TenTec 30 day return policy (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 16:45:47 -0400
- My 2c worth When thinking about TT's loss on these deals, we might keep in mind that TT decided to go with the direct sales strategy. If they were still using dealers, they'd "lose" xx% (?) on each u
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-07/msg00879.html (8,393 bytes)
- 58. Re: [TenTec] TenTec 30 day return policy (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 22:16:36 -0400
- Duane, I think you're saying the same thing as I am in different words. The same economic pressures apply to the JA companies, but they aren't doing direct sales. They could set up US direct sales ch
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-07/msg00902.html (11,396 bytes)
- 59. Re: [TenTec] working on your rig? (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 20:36:18 -0400
- *POW* eh? I'm glad my biggest shock was 350 vdc. That's quite enough, thank you! Thanks for the clip. 73 Martin AA6E -- martin.ewing@gmail.com http://blog.aa6e.net ___________________________________
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-07/msg00956.html (8,530 bytes)
- 60. Re: [TenTec] This is War! (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 11:26:08 -0400
- Don't quote this rant in your replies, please! _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-07/msg01010.html (7,783 bytes)
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