Hahaha!! Great Geoffrey! You've made my day. 73, Mark PA5MW _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tent
Hello Paul, This rig continues to be a great experience, both in performance as wel as sheer fun! Owning an ORION since 2004 using at home with a small antenna setup for Topband, I find myself using
Really? You don't make any more QSO's with a K3 which you cannot with the ORION. All blah abt BHP. It IS very enjoyable however, to operate an ORION daily. 73 Mark, PA5MW *Enjoying an ORION since 200
Dave, Have you tried the following: Push button Audio - select Left: Main-> - select Right: Both-> In this case you will hear the main receiver in both L+R ears and the sub receiver only in your righ
One more thing....... Never use any outboard (DSP) processor for the audio. The greatest asset of the ORION is its ability of a wonderfull recovered audio presentation. Use your RF Gain, never set it
Scott et All, One great advantage in the ORION is you can tweak every different AGC setting, not just the "Prog". So whatever your choice of operating, you can match it in the settings at will. My ex
Nothing happens in 1.372b5. It just jumps out of the menu mode. 73 Mark, PA5MW _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/ma
Hi Barry, I just received this week an original Tentec 300Hz filter for the OII.. However, I needed one which fits the Orion, to exchange my current 600 Inrad for the 1000 slot. I never listen any wi
The display issue for the ORION (1) is described at the yahoo group. I installed the simple upgrade and found that besides the lowered supply voltage (now within manufacturer spec), the contrast is m
*snip* *snip* *more snip* Fully agree with all above. I do confirm that benchmark testing is not the same as the on the air result. I still not understand why everyone compares **dead carriers**. T
Hi Rick, Do contrast modification: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orion565/files/Orion%20565%20%281%29%20LCD%20/ Initially the LCD backlight current is above the man. spec. Just cut a signle wire and
Hi Alan, I learned that it is important to use any speaker with a low mechanical threshold. At very low sound volumes, and those are typical for our nearby in shack operation, many speakers have a di
The ORION at our clubstation PI4TUE recently showed some issues: Weekend before ARRL during 24hr PACC contest: - abt 30 times RX quiet - sometimes TX-freq slowly drifted away during transmission by c
Some more info from last weekend: During the ARRL X SSB, similar failures were noted during the first day. It was found that when our BOG antenna was connected via a RIP-1 K9AY front end protector, t
Before choosing any headphone, you might want to read this: http://pa5mw.blogspot.nl/2013/02/wsa-160m-1.html 73 Mark, PA5MW _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@
Hello Jack, We have been doing SOTA in HB0 (Liechtenstein) for a few years now. Let me share some of our experiences: Weight: We were restricted to carrying 1 backpack per person and split the TRX, C
Adding some pictures to that SOTA experience, see my friends foto's at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/29326558@N06/with/2739561020/#photo_2739561020 73 Mark, PA5MW ____________________________________
Thanks Tony, Coffee, or in fact Cappuccino and Espresso are always with us on our mountain trips. We carry hot water, Diemme Coffee ESE pads, a Handpresso, hot milk, a hand-foam-maker and original cu
QSL! This summer SOTA season we will try the new Elecraft KX3 which made it into our hikers group. The (only) female group member just got her license and is anxious to try her (4 yrs ago self-built-