Interesting.... What part of the country are you in Rob? Around here (Western Pennsylvania) there is lot's of activity there in the evenings. A lot of traffic nets, a slow speed net or two and plenty
Sounds like you might have the Orion line out connected to the Soundcard MIC input. If that is the case, you would indeed overdive the soundcard. Connect to soundcard line input if it is not already
IF what is said below is true, then none of the named amplifiers is safe to use with any transciever! Just imagine what might happen if the ALC cable became disconnected. Possible amplifier destructi
I guess I don't understand the apparent confusion here. Every one of the above matters is done by connecting the PTT output from the computer in parallel with the Amplifier control line of the Orion
There's been a lot of discussion about the "click" when running QSK CW. Not surprising, as the receiver AGC is reset during the transmission of each element. When switching from transmit to receive,
Yes I certainly do, that's why I back off the RF Gain most of the time. Have you tried that? If not, you might be pleasantly surprised at the result. No loss of signals, lots of loss of noise. :-) -7
Hello Mike, I have both rigs and here are my observations. DSP: Argonaut 516 - Does not have automatic notch filter, or any notch filter for that matter. That I miss. The noise reduction works well.
There are disadvantages to using PTT as you describe. I posted an example yesterday, but repeat it here. On the other had, it is quite simple to accomplish the "PTT" controlled function by connecting
I think the intercept point is independent of the signal spacing, at least up to the bandwidth of the filter between the antenna and first active devices or mixer. Dynamic range is definitely a funct
Oh no! Here we go again! I sure hope you Orion owners stay here. It has been good to see the Orion postings along with other Ten Tec happenings all in one place. -Lee
Not quite! If an Orion (or any other Ten Tec ham radio product) owner is unhappy with his or her purchase they can get their "bucks" back within 30 days!!! They don't have to defend anything. -Lee
My 238 matches my Omni VI perfectly. Also matches the Corsair II, Paragon and Omni V. It is an early version, I don't think it is an "A". I've never had the dial string break. The rubberband that ret
I ran into a similar problem setting my Argonaut up for SSB. Seems the MIC level setting was very touchy and had to be set somewhere around eight o'clock or so. A little more....and distortion, a lit
I'm not so sure it is "unfortunate" that the Orion is forced into this competition. And it surely was not "forced". Ten Tec released it for shipping when they were ready to do so. From that point on,
It's been interesting, reading the threads on Field Day. Because of health reasons I have not actively participated in Field Day the last few years, but can vividly recall various experiences over th
You can often solve a lot of extraneous noise in the headphones problems with the addition of a series resistor in the headphone circuit. On my Omni VI, I use a 1K resistor in series with my 200 ohm