At 03:46 PM 08/13/2002 -0500, George wrote: I agree that unless TT has done an exceptional design, unlike other 12-volt finals, the overall performance must be similar. However, there must be limits
Green? :-) You're thinking of latter day Heathkit? Now that's cool. As I look at mine, the meter matches the cabinet... Charcoal Grey. Now, THAT'S cool...! Having a big analog reference to relate to
Took another look at mine, and it has a 4 inch square illuminated meter with a black face and white lettering/numbering. Be darned if I see any green anywhere.... What the heck.... might have been a
Well, Black isn't bad as long as it's "Black Crackle!" (and analog meters) Let's get back to what real radios used to look like.....:-) That should keep them from looking like the JA stuff.... w8au
Agreed. The ARRL has an in-house lab to do extreme levels of testing. The other "magazines" do not have this and rely only on other individuals to provide some type of review.... mostly subjective. M
Yes, Dear ole' Jack just did not do anything with that problem, but existed with it! His problem was a hundredfold greater than any other Scout ever had! This was probably the greatest cause for the
The 50% increase in power representes all of about 1.4db, or a barely noticable increase in signal strength. It won't even show up on an S-meter. Why is the extra 50 watts so important? I really don
At 06:29 PM 12/07/2001 -0500, Duffy wrote: They announce way before the stuff is available, then never make the date when they say it will be available. These pre-announcements whet your appetite, I
Hi Mike: Just a bit of trivia: Back in the late seventies, I ran my C-21 mobile by backfeeding 12V into the Accessory jack. This, of course, bypassed the power supply and the meter circuit. Since I d
At 09:38 PM 11/24/2001 -0500, you wrote: I find it interesting that folks are talking about Ten Tec "re-entering" the qrp world. The new rig will be in production within 4 or 5 months of the last 556
Joe: Your tribute to the "enclosed A frame" is great... From seeing OT's installations in my teenage years, to my own building and use of one as a mast to hold a set of VHF beams a number of years ba