Not intending to be repetitive, but I also have a BT1500A and concur it is an excellent, well built tuner. I use it with a 350 ft. horizontal loop fed with 600 ohm parallel line. Works fine on 80 thr
Thanks, Bob. Actually, I should have pointed out in my original post the loop was designed for max performance on 80 meters and above. I have a separate 160 meter antenna system. I was just agreeing
I have owned both OI and OII. For your purposes there is little difference, but I would highly recommend the optional cw filters in either case. They both have the best receiver I have ever used. Fro
The book is "The W6SAI Antenna Handbook" and is available from CQ Publications. It has great sections on updating the G5RV, off center fed antennas as well as much other interesting antenna data. Sco
I bought an Orion right after it came out. I traded with Ten-Tec for an Orion II when it came out. Installed all software upgrades with no problem. Do I understand completely everything about the rig
Amen! This is one of my few gripes about the Orion II. I do a lot of weak signal 80 meter work and going from the RF gain to NB, AN, etc. by way of the buttons and then back to a button so I can ride
I acquired one about a year ago to have a separate rig to work local (50 mile radius) 2 meter repeaters and do some basic 6 meter work. I have a Kenwood TS-2000, but that is committed to satellite wo
Good comment. Also, if you check the price of the K3 "optional" stuff and compare to what comes with the OII, it isn't half the price of the OII. I compared to what I have in my OII and the K3 came i
I had a Scout for a few years. Used it as a backup rig on 75 meter ssb. Disadvantages are it tends to drift (there is a mod to fix this) and you are limited by the modules as to what band you operate
At risk of changing the subject, on this thread awhile ago someone mentioned working DX on 160 meters with strong ssb stations on each side. My question is this: with my Orion II (and any other rig)