- 81. [TenTec] Multiple Orion Antennas (score: 1)
- Author: "Robert Carroll" <w2wg@comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 20:52:53 -0400
- For reasons too long and boring to go into, I am making a change to the antenna configuration on my Orion I, going to a MonstIR for 40-10m on port 1 with a legal limit amp, and a variety of wire ante
- /archives//html/TenTec/2007-06/msg00250.html (8,321 bytes)
- 82. Re: [TenTec] Multiple Orion Antennas (score: 1)
- Author: "Robert Carroll" <w2wg@comcast.net>
- Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2007 09:34:57 -0400
- Sinisia Thanks. A very definitive answer. I think I have nothing to worry about in this regard. I do use Beverages on the aux connector, but I that port protected by the ON4UN front end saver circuit
- /archives//html/TenTec/2007-06/msg00254.html (8,747 bytes)
- 83. Re: [TenTec] [orion565] RE: Orion V2.062a freezes (score: 1)
- Author: "Robert Carroll" <w2wg@comcast.net>
- Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2007 15:36:12 -0400
- Hi, Duane You and several others have mentioned the "two lines short" problem. I don't see this on the load, but I do see it on the verify. The utility at the beginning of the verify reports the same
- /archives//html/TenTec/2007-06/msg00255.html (21,220 bytes)
- 84. Re: [TenTec] hi/lo cut on Orion II (score: 1)
- Author: "Robert Carroll" <w2wg@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:11:21 -0400
- Try changing from UCW to LCW and see what happens. Let us know how you interpret the results. 73 Bob W2WG I have read many of the posts dealing with hi/lo cut on the Orion. However, just when I thoug
- /archives//html/TenTec/2007-06/msg00410.html (8,967 bytes)
- 85. Re: [TenTec] Orion at Field Day (score: 1)
- Author: "Robert Carroll" <w2wg@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 21:21:44 -0400
- Sounds like a darn good true American radio. I think I will buy an Orion 2 having learned this. 73 Bob W2WG I always though of the Orion as a 'Republican' radio: It doesn't 'tax' your budget, it's no
- /archives//html/TenTec/2007-06/msg00414.html (9,228 bytes)
- 86. [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 (7,235 bytes)
- 87. Re: [TenTec] Orion 1 Display Issue (score: 1)
- Author: "Robert Carroll" <w2wg@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 20:56:28 -0400
- John Thanks a million. My original demon infested Orion 1 made many trips back to the mothership. This one is a replacement they very kindly gave me as a swap after giving up on fixing my intermitten
- /archives//html/TenTec/2007-10/msg00089.html (9,961 bytes)
- 88. 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 (8,207 bytes)
- 89. 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 (9,822 bytes)
- 90. 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 (7,584 bytes)
- 91. 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/msg00411.html (7,965 bytes)
- 92. 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/msg00431.html (14,057 bytes)
- 93. 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/msg00446.html (10,704 bytes)
- 94. [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/msg00126.html (6,918 bytes)
- 95. 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 (7,983 bytes)
- 96. 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 (7,613 bytes)
- 97. 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 (10,483 bytes)
- 98. 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 (14,870 bytes)
- 99. 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 (14,328 bytes)
- 100. 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/msg00276.html (10,294 bytes)
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