Byron J. Watts wrote: i have ~heard~ a complaint that the Astron's only weakness is in it's AC line switch, it dies after several hundred operations, the rest of the supply will be fine but the switc
For short haul (NVIS), both horizontal antennas are going to work better anyway. For long haul (transatlantic) you might just find that the GAP works better. I've never had a GAP but I can assure yo
CATFISHTWO@aol.com wrote: I have the best of all worlds, retired, divorced ( over 10 years,),and enough income to play. I want a radio, I buy what I want, when I want, and don't ask any one for permi
Dave, W5WRG _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec Dave, I remember having the same problem. My
OTAKEBI@aol.com wrote: Thanks Stu, I will try what you say. I have heard a lot of good stuff on the Force 12 but wow, are they expensive. I have also heard about the bad caps and this weekend will ch
Comes from the old commercial CW ops that worked on the great lakes steamers in the first quarter of the 20th century. If you want to hear the actual swing, make a sked with me. The guy that taught m
Methinks thou doth protest too much my man -- the sweetest music is played on an old violin. Best, jerome -- va7vv TO get an idea of this, try sending: "Bens best bent wire" or "USS Tennessee" withou
Seems to me the human ear can barely detect a 1db change; this 0.19db loss is about 80% less than what the ear of a young person might be able to hear on a good day. Why worry? Best, jerome - va7vv -
Well, here's a theory: Copying? I think it's all about being able to recognize and deal with sound patterns. Most folks have this capacity to some extent, but some don't. If you really don't, then I
Jim, I had the same question using the same GUI on the Jupiter. Using Carl's software, the noise blanker worked; using the Pegasus GUI, it did not. In correspondence with Carl, he confirmed that ther
Jim: I for one would be very interested in what you find out, re: the noise blanker on the two softwares. I wrote to TT telling them of the problem; they wrote back saying everything worked fine. I w
Carl: Does the Orion's NB unblank the noise in the presence of a signal outside but near the passband of the rx (every NB I've had does this)? i.e. When listening to a CW signal, say, under pulse noi
"... the number you have called cannot be completed as dialed, etc., etc." Guess it's still broken, at least from Vancouver in the People's Republic of Canada 1332 Pacific time. Best, va7vv -- Origin
Well, I've driven over 100,000 miles with my 706MkII in the truck (no G) and it's a good little CW rig. Sure, they could have done better than 2A on rx and made it so the note didn't go to rat excrem
S-1 with lots of QSB; two tones with zero beats at 28.636.4 and 28636.6 in Vancouver BC, 2300Z on Jan. 4th. Roof mounted Butternut & Jupe Jerome - VA7VV -- Original Message -- From: "Thomas Jednacz"
Yea but that was back in 1964 before the VE's took over the CW bands. N4LQ I remember the complex procedure when I was a novice and used an old NC-100 receiver. 1. Turn tuning until you hear hams. 2
Dear Mr.Fish... I too am a CW only guy. The Jupe has been the best CW rig on TX I've ever owned in 53 years of hamming. The receive side IMHO, could have been done better. I strongly suggest you try
Check out the handy-dandy Battery Booster... a little switching supply that floats in series the car battery keeping the total voltage to the rig at 13.8v. See: http://members.cox.net/w4rry/ I had th
-- Original Message -- From: "Jim Davis" <nn6ee@yahoo.com> To: "Ten-Tec List" <tentec@contesting.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 11:46 AM Subject: Re: [TenTec] Advantages of computer control for