Bob, The info on environmental specs are out there, at least for the major manufacturers. It's just a matter of knowing where to look. On the 'net, environmental specs for Compaq's, IBM's, Dell's, an
Be thankful you missed the Advanced test - it was the toughest of the 5 class "era". Mostly electronics theory with a spattering of radio operation and rules. The day I took the test, I left my calcu
The "Repeater Builder" website has a page with Astron PS schematics and a link to the CAP recommended battery "float" modification for Astron supplies. http://www.repeater-builder.com/rbtip Looks lik
.01uF bypass caps solved all the RFI problems I had with my station (two TS-850S/AT's and an Argosy 525 (plus other "on-the-shelf" rigs)). Tried everything else (chokes, isolators, prayed for divine
I don't think the "reply" topic will ever end. We'll just have to deal with it the same way we deal with the color of the TenTec dot, true north, and "what is the best radio for a newbie?". Please al
I often hear from others that they don't hear the "hash" from the switching power supply (SPS) they own. In thinking about it, I remember that I lived with switching noise for a couple of years not k
Those of you who received the new Orion have a GREAT opportunity to do some real testing starting at 0000 hours GMT Saturday...the CQ WPX SSB Contest! (Saturday and Sunday) Please get that spiffy new
I'm sorry, I just had to chime in after staying silent for so long. People, PLEASE STOP WHINING ABOUT THE "REPLY" function on this list. Our List Admin already stated his case (it's about 50/50 for/a
Switching supplies came up as a topic on the CQ-Contest reflector a few months ago. I posted the following message there and here it is for the TenTec list... Oh, as an update, I used the Astron SS-3
Just some FYI... On the Roxio reflector (the software subsidiary of Adaptec), they're having similar dupe post problems. They've isolated it to servers run by RoadRunner (rr.com) and RR techs are wor
Not specifically list related, but of interest to all... On Sept. 7, 2000, W4ETO and W0UN announced that the current run of Alpha 87A and Alpha 99 amps will be the last. After this, Alpha Power will
Glad to hear that the 526 is back on track! Funny, I was cleaning out my e-mail yesterday and ran across the last announcement on the list. It's dated 2/12/99 and had the same basic wording about the
This is directed more at the webmaster of the Unofficial TT pages, but there's no "feedback" link on the site. The spec sheet for the 535 "Argonaut II" is a dupe of the 536 "Delta II". Actually, it l
Thanks everybody for pointing out that the 535 and 536 are functionally identical except for the PA. I should have figured that out since it's the same diff as the Scout/Argo (555/556). Still looking
The Luke PS-40(?) 40amp power supply was reviewed in either CQ or QST a few years back. Gave it a glowing review - even though it doesn't run on tubes =). Don't have the article handy, but I believe
Browsing through the August 1999 issue of PC Mag I received yesterday. On page 89 is John Dvorak's monthly "Inside Track" column. In the last paragraph, he mentions the RX-320 and the upcomming Pegas
The internet "tax" e-mail is going on 2+ years old. It's a chain letter. For more info on this and other "Urban Legends", visit one of the many sites dedicated to these things. Here are a couple... h
Starting with the 80486DX/2 CPUs, the internal clock speed is a multiple of the CPU clock speed, aka the CPUCLK speed. The PCI slots are usually run at 33MHz, which is the CPUCLK divided by 2 or 3. T
Although we now know that it's a problem with TT's ISP, this bring up an interesting subject... Basically, the MaxMTU defines the maximum packet size Win95 uses for TCP/IP. The internet "standard" is