I believe most "windoms" used today are basically off center fed dipoles with some sort of rf choke at the feed point. I've used one for years and have had good results. de Tim K?FL
The antenna I use is the TNT windom from the old antenna west company. Basically a 80m off center fed dipole fed with 50ohm coax with a rf choke at the apex. No rf I can detect with several different
Correct me if I'm mistaken...but it seems the Kenwood TS-2000 (also a software upgradeable radio) has had but one released upgrade all the years it has been on the market. In my mind it show it can b
Naw...he's been out racing his RX-7 de Tim K?FL ** France has neither winter, nor summer, nor morals. France is miserable because it is filled with Frenchmen, and Frenchmen are miserable because they
Fun isn't it ...?? I took a good look at rfsquared.com at all the "updates" on the various TT rigs. The new Orion has had 21 so far. Some people think this is great. I tend to lean the other way..wha
Thanks for the kind and thoughtful words Mike...unfortunately the hate email has already started. I had a TS-2k which I admit isn't the best radio to have...but all worked as described when released
Nice comments John...but you better double up on those flame pants. Unfortunately there are people on this reflector that will take your comments as a deadly assault on their first born. 73 de K?FL -
go ahead...trash the list manager..just don't say anything bad about the argo V ...even if you'd say the power cord was too short.. you'll get plenty of hate mail from the blind hard core. de K?FL th
Geezzz... Can you blame me??? Maybe instead of taking a poke at me like you did you could take the time and start addressing the concerns of very knowledgeable operators. Sometimes the true hurts. de
Well Scott, contrary to what you might think of me I am a fan of Ten Tec products and have owned at one time or another most of what TT has produced through the years. I also have been subscribed to
Glad you're still smiling Scott...instead of picking apart your response ( a good one for sure) at the parts I would question, I believe I'll let the thread die. If you feel the need to continue, ema
One thing I'd like to add. I ran my Herc II for a couple of years with just one Astron 70 amp power supply and it was never lacking from performance. Of course I never was one to operate a radio or a
Thought I'd forward this to the main group...just wondering if this was a hardware update to his month old rig or a software update. This does show the need to cross post this info. de KØFL --
Glad I waited to buy what turned out to be the Argobug V till after the real reports started coming in. I knew the oooohs and ahhhh's would end sooner or later. de KØFL ME TOO. I just thought
Anyone by chance have a couple of MRF 477 transistors I could talk you out of? They are no longer made and when you find them they cost more than the radio I'm trying to fix for use as a beacon. Any
Got a TT filter here and needing some help identifying it.It is a 8 pole filter with the numbers 9619 and 48058 stamped on top of the crystals. Can anyone help ?? de Tim KØFL _________________
Thank you, that's just the web page I needed. 73 de Tim KØFL _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listi