I have a cushcraft d-4 on the ground, It is a 10-40 m rotatable dipole. I am curious of how this would work as a vertical. I think I would have to tie some nylon guys to the top to stabilize it, lets
Well on an impulse I bought a working Hercules 444 over the weekend with the intent of using it with either my Corsair II station, my Paragon, or should I be immensely fortunate, my Omni-VI+. This mo
Ok, so I am really happy now, after years of use of the "yaekencom" radios I finally bought an Orion about 2 months ago, all the filters, autotune and such. I also bought a als -600to go with it, as
I have the best of all worlds, retired, divorced ( over 10 years,),and enough income to play. I want a radio, I buy what I want, when I want, and don't ask any one for permission. I help other hams,
What do you make of this? <http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-05-143A1.doc> <http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-05-143A1.pdf> <http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_pub
The FCC did not say CW is dead, they said they are considering dropping it as a requirement for use of HF..there is a large difference. _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing
Perhaps it is just the FCC realizing that the rest of the world is dropping the requirement for cw as a requirement for HF so they are stepping in line. I agree that the need for CW as a testing "sep
along with freedom of speech comes another item, responsibility for what is said. If I walk into a bar and exersize my freedom of speech by calling some guy's wife UGLY, He may end up beating the sno
In my earlier computer days we had a little set up that was a 4 AA batteries in a holder and a couple of alligator clips that we used to clip across the internal battery while changing the internal m
I want to use the auto switch on the steppir with the orion, what type of ccable is used, has any one done this, where do you get the cable, how well does it work, I am currently using it with the 75
I have a friend using a scout mobile ( with blanker) into hamsticks, and he is quite happy. I run a ft 847 in my pickup into a -3 and a commet for 6/2/ 440 and it does well. I have an ft 847 in both
I never use an ALC line, on any amp. I usually tune the radio for max smoke from the amp then back the power from the transciever down about 5 watts or so. this drops the output down a tad, and keeps
Silly me, I actually think Ten Tec, is going to address some of the issues of the origonal Orion with the ver 2 upgrade . I am not a long time user of TT equipment, but they have answered the phone,
Are you in New York? no. Are you in Los Angles ?? no. Well if you are not in New York, and your not in Los Angles, then you must be some where else.. If you are somewhere else, then>>>> YOU COULDN'T
In some respects, it is a bit of concern that they may cut into the market for Orion and Orion II, BUT then again, perhaps another entry into the soft ware defined radio world will allow us to advanc
I have a total of 7 2 or 3 way switches into a set of 6 into 6 switches, and they work fine. look at my qrz page to see the link to my home page and it shows it pretty good tom N6AJR ________________
I use a switching board, I bring antenna 1 into a 1 into 2 switch this goes to position 1 on each of the 1 into 6 switches. next antenna 2 comes into a 1 into 2 switch, and this goes to position 2 on
I think we will see the new orion when we see the new orion, not before, not after, and probably at the ten tec swaree~ in October hopefully the ver 2 will come out near the same time.. patience, my
that's weird, on the Orion with noise reduction on and autonoch on or off, I have sweep. with NR off and auto notch off, my sweep freezes . but with NR off and autonotch on, I have sweep.. I almost n