Hi Rick, Actually, I've done a fair amount of HF operating from G3LDI's place in Norfolk. Roger then had a TH6DXX (since replaced with a SteppIR) at 110 feet. Most of that was on 20, though, which as
I don't normally use the sub rx much, if at all, during contests because everyone works simplex and I work only S&P. As an experiment, this morning I gave the (original) Orion II sub rx a workout on
I know what you mean, Ron. We have a Mk V at our club station, but the ops who use it only work SSB! 73 Ray In a message dated 5/26/2013 5:40:11 P.M. GMT Standard Time, ronc@sonic.net writes: Early u
I tried the WWV test on my 7 year old Orion II. After an hour's warm up it was 65 Hz off at 10 MHz. I know that's out of spec but I probably won't try to fix it unless it gets worse, say 100 Hz or mo
Right on. The mandatory CW test is water under the bridge. Good operators such as the ones Jim mentioned are learning and using CW on their own, because it's fun to use and effective for contesting a
Paul, I was there this morning, listening to Bernie here in Arizona on my Orion II and inverted-L. Conditions were undoubtedly better at your QTH, but out here there was so much QSB that any test I c
Tnx for that. Bob, K4TAX, explained it off line. BTW, T-T has since changed the source impedance of the 707 mic to 250 ohms. Maybe it should be called the 707v2? 73 Ray W2RS
Ernie, Rightly or wrongly, I have Mark set to High and PBT to zero. In MMTTY, Mark is 2125 and Shift is 170. Tx Port under Misc is set to Com-TxD(FSK).. All I know is that it works. 73 Ray W2RS
Hi, I'm still playing around with Orion II settings for the 707 Regal microphone, using v3.029 firmware. My best for SSB so far are: MIC 55 H/W MIC GAIN 14 dB SP 2 L.F. ROLLOFF 200 Hz TX FILTER BW 39
Tnx Barry. When I go from 3900 to 3000 Hz I lose a litle treble response, but the main thing that goes down is the hiss. For SSB, it's probably a good trade-off. I then tried -10 dB EQ, and the resul
I'm not a serious contester, but can see why one would want two copies of the same rig for SO2R, or multiple copies for multi-op operating positions. As to names for the rigs, I don't have a 565 but
The oldestl T-T rig I have is an Argonaut V. It does a great job of driving my 1208 6-meter transverter, which I don't have to worry about frying. 73 Ray W2RS ,
My first Ten-Tec product was a KR-40 keyer that I bought in 1971. Before that I used a bug but decided to take pity on those listening to my CW. I still have the keyer. It's now part of my satellite