- 121. [TenTec] D-104 Microphone Notes (score: 1)
- Author: RMcGraw@Blomand.Net (Robert & Linda McGraw K4TAX)
- Date: Wed Feb 26 08:25:25 2003
- A few general comments about using D-104 microphones on modern radio equipment. The original D-104 mike is a Hi Z mike designed to operate into a mike input of some 100 K ohms or more, typical of vac
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-02/msg00953.html (9,753 bytes)
- 122. [TenTec] TenTec/Vibroplex (score: 1)
- Author: RMcGraw@Blomand.Net (Robert & Linda McGraw K4TAX)
- Date: Wed Feb 26 18:08:15 2003
- Isn't Viproplex now owned by MFJ? That should explain it. 73 Bob, K4TAX
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-02/msg00986.html (9,102 bytes)
- 123. [TenTec] TenTec/Vibroplex (score: 1)
- Author: RMcGraw@Blomand.Net (Robert & Linda McGraw K4TAX)
- Date: Wed Feb 26 23:31:22 2003
- Guess I had gotten incorrect info on this. 73 Bob, K4TAX current to
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-02/msg01001.html (11,540 bytes)
- 124. [TenTec] Fw: Editorial Letter (score: 1)
- Author: RMcGraw@Blomand.Net (Robert & Linda McGraw K4TAX)
- Date: Sat Feb 1 22:12:46 2003
- Dear Fellow Amateur: I know that some of you, maybe most of you, don't give a flip about some of us that still operate AM or restore old equipment. It appears from various writings and communications
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-02/msg01065.html (12,281 bytes)
- 125. [TenTec] Orion vs. Jupiter Audio vs. DSP (score: 1)
- Author: RMcGraw@Blomand.Net (Robert & Linda McGraw K4TAX)
- Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2003 07:09:53 -0600
- Jim brings up a very good point that most folks seem to overlook. That is "............ design seems to "only" realize some 18 or maybe 19 bits of "effective" A/D conversion as just over 100 dB dynam
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-01/msg00018.html (12,173 bytes)
- 126. [TenTec] Re: Extra dots from OMNI-6+ (score: 1)
- Author: RMcGraw@Blomand.Net (Robert & Linda McGraw K4TAX)
- Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2003 12:45:27 -0600
- Roy, I agree and think you have a grip on this concern. I had commented to the originator that I suspected contact bounce as being the culprit in as much as the loop current is quite low for the Omni
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-01/msg00044.html (8,983 bytes)
- 127. [TenTec] Dit Fit (score: 1)
- Author: RMcGraw@Blomand.Net (Robert & Linda McGraw K4TAX)
- Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2003 21:01:29 -0600
- I think if the 1/4 wave counterpoise was on the dash side one would end up with a "lady bug". On the other hand if the 1/4 wave counterpoise were put on the dot side one would end up with a "tater bu
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-01/msg00081.html (7,717 bytes)
- 128. [TenTec] Orion----Why it is so late in coming! (score: 1)
- Author: RMcGraw@Blomand.Net (Robert & Linda McGraw K4TAX)
- Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2003 12:17:16 -0600
- My experience is that software based products are ALWAYS released with bugs. Always have been, and always will be. Get used to it. Bob, K4TAX
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-01/msg00116.html (9,031 bytes)
- 129. [TenTec] Orion - cooling fan (score: 1)
- Author: RMcGraw@Blomand.Net (Robert & Linda McGraw K4TAX)
- Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2003 08:46:51 -0600
- No fan, darn right, it's not needed. Therefore there's no hmmmmmmm. The transmitter is rated at 100% duty cycle with a 20 minute limit. As I see it, one must be a "real windbag" to eat up that much t
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-01/msg00156.html (8,406 bytes)
- 130. [TenTec] Orion with RED Dot in Logo???? (score: 1)
- Author: RMcGraw@Blomand.Net (Robert & Linda McGraw K4TAX)
- Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2003 17:33:25 -0600
- Just remember one thing, the colors of the University of Tennessee are ORANGE. Fact: The ORION is a TENNESSEE designed and built radio. Conclusion: So is the dot orange? I think so. It is not a Japan
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-01/msg00211.html (10,332 bytes)
- 131. [TenTec] Re: 1.02 - hummmm that's odd (score: 1)
- Author: RMcGraw@Blomand.Net (Robert & Linda McGraw K4TAX)
- Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2003 17:42:33 -0600
- Remember what I said last week about software? I've never seen a version of software that did not have BUGS. I always expect it. One thing about getting a new version first. You are the one to get bu
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-01/msg00212.html (9,943 bytes)
- 132. [TenTec] I get nervous when . . . (score: 1)
- Author: RMcGraw@Blomand.Net (Robert & Linda McGraw K4TAX)
- Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2003 20:10:08 -0600
- While I appreciate the ARRL Lab doing evaluation on various pieces of equipment, I've noticed that they evaluate only ONE piece. From my design and manufacturing experience, ONE is not a very reputab
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-01/msg00226.html (10,415 bytes)
- 133. [TenTec] I get nervous when . . . (score: 1)
- Author: RMcGraw@Blomand.Net (Robert & Linda McGraw K4TAX)
- Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2003 20:55:02 -0600
- Yes, I'd agree and have seen and read those multiple radio reviews. These are evident when a radio fails any of the spec test values. In follow up, the ARRL Lab consults with the supplier. Typically
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-01/msg00230.html (9,915 bytes)
- 134. [TenTec] Orion----Why it is so late in coming! (score: 1)
- Author: RMcGraw@Blomand.Net (Robert & Linda McGraw K4TAX)
- Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 07:21:13 -0600
- Bill: I agree. I have no problem waiting for my ORION. I spent 15 years in a facility where we went from "concept" to final production on products that were both hardware and software defined. These
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-01/msg00237.html (10,366 bytes)
- 135. [TenTec] Model 238 tuner (score: 1)
- Author: RMcGraw@Blomand.Net (Robert & Linda McGraw K4TAX)
- Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 09:20:00 -0600
- I have a 238 tuner that I use with several wire antennas, both balanced fed and coax fed. I use an Omni VI+ and a Paragon and run "legal limit" so to speak with a amp. Specifically the balanced fed a
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-01/msg00243.html (8,507 bytes)
- 136. [TenTec] OMNI V (score: 1)
- Author: RMcGraw@Blomand.Net (Robert & Linda McGraw K4TAX)
- Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 17:58:38 -0600
- buy and use a Omni VI+ (not an upgrade). Anything else, any model, at any price, any brand will be 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and etc. in terms of receiver performance. 73 Bob, K4TAX
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-01/msg00377.html (9,855 bytes)
- 137. [TenTec] Birdies and noise (score: 1)
- Author: RMcGraw@Blomand.Net (Robert & Linda McGraw K4TAX)
- Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 18:08:18 -0600
- High noise radios generally don't have "audible" birdies. They're covered up by the internal noise of the radio. A low noise radio such as the Omni VI+ and being a crystal mixing radio will have some
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-01/msg00378.html (10,087 bytes)
- 138. [TenTec] Truth in Lending!! (score: 1)
- Author: RMcGraw@Blomand.Net (Robert & Linda McGraw K4TAX)
- Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 18:31:34 -0600
- Regarding all of this.............I say if one can't run with the big dogs, then stay under the porch. Be happy with your $1200 radios. Me, I need and expect more performance and I'm willing to pay f
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-01/msg00379.html (10,698 bytes)
- 139. [TenTec] Black Centurion----Black is Bad in Sevierville!!! (score: 1)
- Author: RMcGraw@Blomand.Net (Robert & Linda McGraw K4TAX)
- Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 07:05:16 -0600
- The high end stereo manufacturers and TV manufacturers have been using black for years. To that end, I've a rack full and it looks great in my opinion. But yes, I understand what is said and thought
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-01/msg00477.html (14,722 bytes)
- 140. [TenTec] [OT] Metal Roof as Ground Plane (score: 1)
- Author: RMcGraw@Blomand.Net (Robert & Linda McGraw K4TAX)
- Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 12:42:01 -0600
- I agree. Having used a Butternut when living in FL, I mounted my on a bollard at our dock which was on a salt water, tidal canal. Worked great. I'd say as Carl suggests, put it at the top in the cent
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-01/msg00485.html (11,061 bytes)
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