- 1. Re: [TenTec] Omni 6 hit with the amp! (score: 1)
- Author: "Robert Carroll" <w2wg@comcast.net>
- Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 11:34:55 -0400
- Abandon all hope ye who enter here. The cabinet screws probably were not damaged. Bob W2WG I have a friend, NOT me, who mistakenly got the amp into the antenna jack on his Omni 6. I don't even own an
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-05/msg00071.html (8,455 bytes)
- 2. Re: [TenTec] Orion gain setting (score: 1)
- Author: "Robert Carroll" <w2wg@comcast.net>
- Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 10:17:10 -0500
- Since we are on the AGC topic I'll ask a question. In days of yore when tubes were king, there were several types of AGC, with only a few having an AGC anywhere nearly as sophisticated as the Orion.
- /archives//html/TenTec/2011-11/msg00109.html (10,321 bytes)
- 3. Re: [TenTec] Orion's break in (score: 1)
- Author: "Robert Carroll" <w2wg@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:21:07 -0500
- When you call Paul, also ask the following questions: 1) What is the maximum speed at which the Orion provides intersymbol QSK using the internal keyer 2) What is the maximum speed at which the Orion
- /archives//html/TenTec/2011-11/msg00221.html (9,864 bytes)
- 4. Re: [TenTec] Orion's break in (score: 1)
- Author: "Robert Carroll" <w2wg@comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 18:44:57 -0500
- The reason I originally asked the questions below is that a friend of mine whom many of you probably know but I won't identify is a true blue high speed QSK guy. He can copy 65 wpm without breaking a
- /archives//html/TenTec/2011-11/msg00287.html (12,617 bytes)
- 5. Re: [TenTec] OT: Cycle 24 Peak (score: 1)
- Author: "Robert Carroll" <w2wg@comcast.net>
- Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2011 19:06:07 -0400
- Don The godfather of solar in the US--and probably the world--is Dr. David Hathaway of NASA--who happens to speak at every Huntsville Hamfest and recently spoke to the SEDXC. he is also the godfather
- /archives//html/TenTec/2011-10/msg00057.html (8,616 bytes)
- 6. Re: [TenTec] Orion 565 RIT XIT stopped working from front panel butworks ok from POD. (score: 1)
- Author: "Robert Carroll" <w2wg@comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 08:25:00 -0400
- I had this problem in spades with my 565. I first noticed it about a week out of the box. I used the "pull like heck on the knob" trick to cure it for a month or so, but it came back. This was a know
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-07/msg00076.html (14,220 bytes)
- 7. Re: [TenTec] Orion I RIT/XIT problem (score: 1)
- Author: "Robert Carroll" <w2wg@comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:59:00 -0400
- Vince During my siege with the RTI problem I found many different things I did to the radio seemed to make the RIT work--for a little. However I never found an early or late firmware load made any re
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-07/msg00277.html (9,956 bytes)
- 8. Re: [TenTec] Orion RIT/XIT problems (score: 1)
- Author: "Robert Carroll" <w2wg@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:34:37 -0400
- John Great news. This has been a real mystery and it will be nice to get to the bottom of it. As I said earlier, my original Orion which had the problem in spades is either in the TenTec used invento
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-07/msg00318.html (8,234 bytes)
- 9. Re: [TenTec] Legal limit amp? (score: 1)
- Author: "Robert Carroll" <w2wg@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 14:10:20 -0400
- Does the HF-2500 do QSK? Bob W2WG My vote goes to the Command HF-2500 as it uses the 3CX800 from Eimac rather than the 4CX800s which are getting harder to find...read the reviews on Eham...another be
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-04/msg00078.html (7,673 bytes)
- 10. Re: [TenTec] Alpha 89 (score: 1)
- Author: "Robert Carroll" <w2wg@comcast.net>
- Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:38:34 -0400
- I am running an Alpha 89 with an Orion 565. Don't use a keying loop with the amp. Just use the relay closure from the Orion to the keying (relay) input on the 89. This is what "Alpha" recommends. 73
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-04/msg00166.html (8,801 bytes)
- 11. Re: [TenTec] Alpha 89 (score: 1)
- Author: "Robert Carroll" <w2wg@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:13:22 -0400
- Steve Yep. I forget the exact term in the QSK menu on the Orion but I set it for 0 msec--as fast as it can go. Just to be sure all is well, though, the first few times I would have the Orion set to a
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-04/msg00193.html (11,461 bytes)
- 12. Re: [TenTec] Alpha 89 (score: 1)
- Author: "Robert Carroll" <w2wg@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:02:08 -0400
- Bob The 86 and 89 are PIN switched--no relay. You COULD get into trouble if the transceiver put out RF before sending the keying signal that causes the PINs to switch. The PINS switch very quickly. I
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-04/msg00199.html (14,998 bytes)
- 13. [TenTec] 10m board in a Hercules II amp (score: 1)
- Author: "Robert Carroll" <w2wg@comcast.net>
- Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 22:36:44 -0500
- A good friend of mine is about to participate in a ham activity at Gitmo. He is looking for a schematic of the 10m board in a Ten Tec Hercules II amplifier. He contacted TenTec and was told it is a s
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-03/msg00124.html (7,030 bytes)
- 14. Re: [TenTec] ORION II CW pile up readability related question (score: 1)
- Author: "Robert Carroll" <w2wg@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 22:28:34 -0500
- K4DLI told me about a headphone amp he uses with his Orion II. It is a Ramsey kit which sells for $29. I bought one and found that for me, as with K4DLI, it allows me to run the Orion volume controls
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-02/msg00064.html (9,849 bytes)
- 15. Re: [TenTec] question (score: 1)
- Author: "Robert Carroll" <w2wg@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 22:29:21 -0500
- Yes Ok now I haven't been drinking , I took notice tonight that when I transmit on the Orion II the sweep stops is that the way things should be ? I hardly ever use the sweep ? thanks John kb2huk ___
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-02/msg00107.html (7,410 bytes)
- 16. Re: [TenTec] Orion 1 Ver 2.062a Bug? (score: 1)
- Author: "Robert Carroll" <w2wg@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:30:40 -0500
- John My memory is vague, but I believe that is a known bug relating to having the subrx set to AM. Try the same thing with the sub in USB and see if you still have the problem. Bob W2WG A quick check
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-02/msg00419.html (8,217 bytes)
- 17. Re: [TenTec] Orion firmware gripes! (score: 1)
- Author: "Robert Carroll" <w2wg@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:25:09 -0500
- As is Barry, I am waiting for the Orion III which I figure could be targeted for the next year or two. I am pretty happy with my Orion 1 at the moment, perhaps because it is one TenTec swapped me whe
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-02/msg00439.html (13,747 bytes)
- 18. Re: [TenTec] Orion III (was: Orion firmware gripes!) (score: 1)
- Author: "Robert Carroll" <w2wg@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:35:57 -0500
- Hi, Buck You probably have not missed a thing, depending on how you operate. That's why I suggested a second main rx as an option for those who see a need for it. In a really crushing pileup with a n
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-02/msg00454.html (11,304 bytes)
- 19. Re: [TenTec] ORION II CW pile up readability (score: 1)
- Author: "Robert Carroll" <w2wg@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:00:39 -0500
- You might also set an AGC slope of 1:10 to see if that helps. Use as little RF gain as possible. I also have an MP and agree with Ray6's observation. Tonno, I suspect that you will get as many answer
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-01/msg00606.html (9,307 bytes)
- 20. [TenTec] Orion 1 Display Issue (score: 1)
- Author: "Robert Carroll" <w2wg@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 18:19:35 -0400
- Last night I turned on my Orion 1 only to see that the boot up message was very washed out (backlight normal), and when the rig had booted I could barely see the "dials." I tried to go into the menu
- /archives//html/TenTec/2007-10/msg00079.html (8,098 bytes)
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