It was an aftermarket product. And was very slow to market (at least the TT Orion version). It was a "coming" product for way too long. I suspect that most people who wanted a tuner bought the T_T v
I received a not very pleasant note from LDG about this post. They seemed personally offended by my surmise about why they stopped selling the Orion tuner. So, in the spirit of making nice, the real
None of the "issues", such as they are, are deal breakers. It's a fine radio. If you're trying to decide whether to buy one or not, there's no reason not to. Grant/NQ5T
Urban myths die hard. Sometimes, they become articles of faith -- or entire religious movements, burning heretics at the stake. If I were the current team at T-T, I'd just want to slap somebody :-)
But the notion that the Orion somehow died with him is. Positively. Absurd. Of course he left. Last I heard he isn't the last living guy that knows stuff. That he had the mojo and the rest is histor
Probably also explains in part why updates and improvements to the Orion II and the v2 Orion (assuming there will be any) have been slow in coming. Grant/NQ5T
Frankly, since it's something other than SNOBOL and the underlying machine architecture isn't bi-quinary, I'm not so sure that the whole thing isn't a fool's errand ;-) Grant/NQ5T
SNOBOL (SNOBOL4, SPITBOL) and other variants were interesting ideas. SNOBOL was never a commercial success, but was used a good bit in university/library research, and found some applications in, sh
General coverage receive and transmit is essential to services other than the Amateur Radio Service. MARS, for example. MARS, contrary to common mythology, is NOT dead. Some MARS frequencies are clo
Where is your "soul"? Are we going to "log" our email traffic for DXCC? Sometimes even 72 virgins and rivers of honey (although swimming there would be a bitch, and I'm not sure what I'd do on the 7
After fretting over a few Hz for a while, I'm beginning to wonder why it matters so much, other than being able to measure it in so many parts ber gezillion and be able to just dial in the result fo
I'm still sitting here with a "shrug". Not trying to start an argument, of course, but the NCS is always, by definition, on frequency. You were 20 Hz high :-) We all have our own little nits to pick
I like free stuff, too. Wonder if it's worth making that argument to my Mercedes dealer and see if I can get one for free. I've had the misfortune of downloading and trying to use a variety of "free
Isn't that all the factory does? :-) I just don't susbscribe to the notion that someday, through the good hearts, fine intentions, selfless generosity, and late nights work for no recompense of our
"Outsourcing" is one thing. "Off-shoring" is quite something else. I've seen a number of articles about Americans going to Bangalore to look for good tech/IT jobs. Again, not a political statement,
This "relay switching" arrangement you describe is typical of some mics designed specifically for PA. Ham mics typically have one side of the mic switch grounded in the microphone housing somewhere.
There's no value whatsoever. I've never used a Jup, so whether he's right or wrong is beyond me. I think even the bottom of the barrel of eHam readers ignore that kind of garbage. Something or someo