Concerning: "The use of aluminum instead of ferrous material (steel) for chassis, separate compartments, etc. is probably one of the greatest reasons TT rigs are more RFI prone." As I understand it,
T-T gang, I thought this one was worthy of posting here, so I'm forwarding it as an FYI. 73, Roy K6XK Mike, Just now I located the sputtering, drifting, frying noise!! My Panasonic all band portable
FYI.. My SWR meter has danced around sometimes same as others have mentioned on here ever since the Orion first arrived. Several days ago I installed five snap-on ferrite cores from DX Engineering in
Stated, " I leave my On/Off switch on my Omni VI+ in the ON position and turn the rig off and on via the On/Off switch on the 961 Power supply. When when I do turn my power on, it does seem like quit
About... "Several others thought it might indeed be beneficial to use an inrush protection system to ease the shock to the power supply when I did turn it on. So I am going to amend my ways...power s
"...I am using paddles for keying the rig and amp... (etc.)" I presume you are using the TX EN and TX OUT jacks on both units? (I have known some folks to be using the connections set up for other th
Asked, "Does anyone know what the characteristic input and output impedances of the 220 9MHz filter are? Or the 6.3 MHz filters?" Duane N9DG Yes, I do! The input and output Z of the 220 is 200 ohms.
"Even in a ragchew or round table QSO, when signal levels permit, it is nice to hear a variety of tones intead of all the same note." (etc.) Ha, It's been my experience for the past 50 years that hea
Today I traded in my OMNI-6+ and have on hand two sets of components needed to perform the 'W9AC Key Click Reduction Mod'. Didn't quite get to it in time. Parts are brand new from Mouser: 0.22 uF @ 6
All, I have three new, unused four pin power connector plugs with pins still separated from the plug body as they originally came from Dolly. Just in case somebody needs 'em. Will sell separately or
Asked, "Hi dear friend, I just received my new TT Orion RTX with the antenna tuner option. Now I'm spending the spare time to study the operating manual and learning all the Orin features. I'm mainly
Said, "Beppe, I believe there are two relays on CW. One is the keying relay which operates in synchronization with your code elements. Some people with sensitive hearing can hear that relay. There al
About: "With the ARRL 160M contest starting tomorrow, this is probably a good time to encourage all Orion cw users to set the cw rise/fall menu setting at 8-10msec to avoid generating keyclicks. Ther