Very true. The 'worst of the worst' seem to be the 5.1, 6.1 and 7.1 Surround Sound systems that folks add on to their big-screen TV's. The speaker cables that come standard all seem to be about a qua
JD: Any follow-up on the more recent noise problem on KKCY? Was this a repeat of the ISDN problem with Geet Sangeet? Ron Castro Chief Technical Officer Results Radio, LLC N6IE www.N6IE.com -- Origina
Whoop...sorry! That post went out on the wrong reflector.... Ron N6IE www.N6IE.com -- Original Message -- From: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net> To: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>; "Discussion of Ten-Tec
Greg: For a fairly comprehensive look a the differences, please check my website "wish list" page: http://n6ie.com/Wish%20List.htm Ron N6IE www.N6IE.com -- Original Message -- From: "Gregory & Kristi
Harry: I have been unable to duplicate the problem you're describing. Are you using headphones and do you have the Sub RX audio routed to the left and right and right phones? Do you hear any differen
Try listening with just the Main routed to the headphones, then compare with the "Both" setting. Also the CW rise-time setting the CW menu effects the sidetone sound. I think the difference is that "
I have adjusted the "Wish List" for the Orion II to reflect the newest version of the firmware. It's at www.N6IE.com Ron N6IE www.N6IE.com With this one I can set the side-tone level all the way up t
IIRC the original design incorporated an algorithm that increased the carrier level when the modulation looked like it would exceed 100% and briefly 'follow' the peak with as much carrier as was need
I'm seeing 14.5 Watts with no modulation and mod peaks 60 to 80 Watts. Ron N6IE www.N6IE.com John, I don't have a true peak-reading wattmeter, so I can't measure the PEP output. Jim may be right abou
That would almost be the case for standard pulse-width modulation or plate modulation, except for positive peaks > 100% which is common in commercial broadcasting (The FCC allows 125% peak positive m
I think with enough sleuth work, you can find a replacement motor, but, the fan unit, as supplied by TT, was disassembled at the factory and the motor "floated" on grommets, which tend to get hard an
Normal speech is by its nature asymmetrical which is why AM broadcasters use automatic phase rotators in their processing equipment to make sure the side of the waveform with the highest peaks is in
John: That's a great explanation of how the memory system works. I wonder if it would be possible to have that information permanently posted on the TT website in the "566 Downloads" section? Ron N6I
It sounds like you're using an 'original' Orion, not an Orion II. Firmware version 2.06x is for the 'original' Orion (565), so you won't be able to load version 2.044A since it's only for the Orion I
Trevor: Thanks for the nice comments about my site...it's good to know it's doing some good out there! It would not surprise me that there are other electrolytics in the radio that may fail given eno
The 260 Watt Weller should do the trick. I recently bought one for exactly that purpose but haven't had a chance to try it yet. At Field Day a couple of years ago we needed to solder a PL259 and we w
I'll install that as soon as I get home from work today and report back when I get a chance to play with it for awhile! Ron N6IE www.N6IE.com At last! Modified the SWEEP averaging routine in DSP proc
Here are a list of problems I found right off with the v. 2.042A, even after doing a battery reset and two master resets and memory clear: 1.. Very noticeable distortion on all audio. Sounds like ove
Addendum to my post: on problem #1, I'm referring to the RX audio. TX audio (other than more drive needed and processor problem) still sounds broadcast quality. Ron N6IE www.N6IE.com Here are a list
I keep hoping that it's something simple like a hiccup while I was flashing the new firmware, so I'm interested if anyone else finds the same things I'm finding in the behavior. Ron N6IE www.N6IE.com