As I recall, that was a problem with the QST review of the O II. The reviewer wrote that he was an Icom user and not really familiar with operating it. From what I've observed, operating TT and Elelc
Yes, Barry, but you're in Bob's first group, people who know what they're doing. A few years ago, a generous member made a gift to our club station (WE7GV) of a Yaesu Mk V that he wasn't using. I hoo
You guys are lucky to belong to clubs with any CW ops at all. 90% of our FD ops couldn't do CW if fheir lives depended on it. We have two good CW ops (K3RN and W9NGA) who take the graveyard shift and
Perry, Yes, I made 3 CW QSOs on FO-29 at our FD site this year. BTW, Sputnik I didn't go HI HI. It sounded more like a squeak. It was OSCAR I that said HI 73 Ray W2RS
Tnx, Perry. I don't know about that legend stuff. Lots of hams copied Sputnik, etc. but I was one of those who got written up in the press. You're right about those being different times. The USA was
Jim, I agree with most of what you've been saying, but this comment goes a bit far.. Amateur radio has been provided for in the ITU Radio Regulations since 1927, and many of the countries which are p
Yes, FD has evolved into a contest. However, like all contests, not everybody competes seriously. Some do, and go all out to win. Others just dip their toes in and have fun. All are welcome. Jim's cl
And even the sainted KWM-2, one of which I've had for 50 years, gets bad reports on CW because of the way it generates it -- inserts an audio tone into the SSB TX. 73 Ray W2RS
Lee, I use mine too, mostly on 20 and 15 SSB. It has the DX Engineering speech processor installed and, as you said, it really gets through. Most of the time I don't even have to turn on the 30L-1. 7
Hi John, I'm quite pleased with v3.028 on CW, especially the SAF. I still have an issue with it on SSB, namely the performance with the 707 mic. My 707 worked well with v2.041XT, but with v3.028 I ha
Thanks for the info guys, but RF feedback is only part of the problem. There is still audio distortion caused by having to run the mic input and H/W mic gain at too high a level (with the 707 mic). I
FYI, here are the settings I've evolved for the 706 electret mic and v3.028: H/W Mic gain 3.0 dB Front panel mic gain 40 TX EQ 0 dB for normal use, -5 dB for pileups SP no higher than 4; there's stil
I hear you, but the 707 worked well under v2 firmware without the need for a preamp. The Orion II's dynamic range was wide enough to handle the gain that the 707 requires. It appears that the dynamic
As best I can tell by ear, the difference between my (566 v3.028) spot and SAF is 2 Hz. That is with SPOT at 350 Hz, STEP at 1 Hz and SAF W at 10 Hz. 73 Ray W2RS
Generally , but not always. The Collins MM-1 dynamic hand-held mic that I use with my KWM-2 is rated at -48 dB, which is higher than the T-T 706 electret (-52 dB). The T-T 707 dynamic desk mic, howev
Because the 707 sounds great if the radio can accommodate it. It worked fine witfh the Orion II v2 firmware, but there seems to be a problem with v3. Hopefullly the T-T guys can sort it out. 73 Ray W