- 61. Re: [TenTec] The QSK of QSK (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 16:09:07 -0500
- With skill, and with the best QSK radios, ABSOLUTELY! Especially when the DX is working split! And remember, good operating is about SKILL, COURTESY, and GOOD JUDGEMENT. There are differences between
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-08/msg00723.html (9,081 bytes)
- 62. Re: [TenTec] The QSK of QSK (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 00:06:59 -0500
- Anyone can work lots of DX (and score big in contests with big power and big antennas. This is NOT a measure of operating skill. It takes skill to do it with low power and mediocre antennas. On the o
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-08/msg00745.html (9,272 bytes)
- 63. Re: [TenTec] The QSK of QSK (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 07:23:27 -0500
- I would say the opposite. Most current award and contest structures reward those who buy more of the most expensive gear and assemble the biggest stations. They cater to the the rich, not to ordinary
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-08/msg00755.html (10,642 bytes)
- 64. Re: [TenTec] The QSK of QSK (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 09:12:50 -0500
- [K9YC notes that W4BQF works very high speed CW, so he puts that relay through a LOT of cycles annually.] To which Bill Tippett replied: Hmmm right back. I have to use a muffler on my car, to protect
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-08/msg00762.html (9,747 bytes)
- 65. [TenTec] Spare Tubes (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 13:37:48 -0500
- If I wanted to buy spare tubes for my Titan 425 (3CX800A7), where would I buy them and what's the "right" price? Jim K9YC _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@co
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-08/msg00819.html (6,533 bytes)
- 66. Re: [TenTec] Ten Tec amps and ALC (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 16:27:02 -0500
- Modern rigs and amps don't generally require ALC, and, in fact, ALC is generally not recommended for many amps and rigs. As I understand it, ALC is mainly a leftover from the "old days." My Hercules
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-08/msg00824.html (7,174 bytes)
- 67. Re: [TenTec] Ten Tec amps and ALC (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 17:32:29 -0500
- The overdrive indicator is important for something even more important than linearity -- the life of the output tubes! 3CX800A7's do not like to be overdriven, and the manual has a bold print warning
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-08/msg00829.html (8,951 bytes)
- 68. Re: [TenTec] grounding dipoles (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
- Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 17:35:48 -0500
- Right! This is a VERY good technique. I've built several dipoles like this and am building more. They work really well. Jim K9YC _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list Te
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-08/msg00976.html (7,272 bytes)
- 69. [TenTec] Parallel Dipoles On the Same Coax (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 10:36:01 -0500
- Parallel wire multi-band dipoles (multiple dipoles on the same coax) act just like ordinary single-wire dipoles. There's excellent discussion of them in the ARRL Handbook or Antenna Book -- don't rec
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-08/msg00995.html (8,980 bytes)
- 70. Re: [TenTec] Herculese II (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 14:32:26 -0500
- Hello, Gene. I'm interested in this amplifier. Jim Brown K9YC 773/728-0565 _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailma
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-08/msg00998.html (7,567 bytes)
- 71. Re: [TenTec] Auto tuner question (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 21:52:51 -0500
- I recently bought an LDG AT1000 to use with a Hercules 444 (the original, same power level). I bought it because I very much like the AT100MP. The new tuner arrived not working right, and I sent it b
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-08/msg01086.html (8,356 bytes)
- 72. Re: [TenTec] 253 interface 4-6.5mHz? (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
- Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 09:25:04 -0500
- The connectors consist of standard Molex parts. A few months ago, I bought an assortment of shells and pins to go with the various radios I own, including Ten Tec. I don't remember which vendor -- it
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-08/msg01124.html (7,679 bytes)
- 73. Re: [TenTec] 253 interface 4-6.5mHz? (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
- Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 21:38:45 -0500
- The Ten Tec amps are designed so that you can loop your transceiver through them to get to the antenna. If you have the amp in the standby mode, it isn't active, but the power supply is on and all it
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-08/msg01145.html (8,955 bytes)
- 74. [TenTec] Ham Radio Deluxe (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
- Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 09:11:13 -0500
- Here's an email I received from the author of Ham Radio Deluxe, an excellent freeware software suite (in addition to its main rig control component, it also includes a wonderful PSK31 program and a n
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-09/msg00023.html (7,362 bytes)
- 75. Re: [TenTec] Jupiter vs other rigs in same price range (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
- Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2004 14:34:55 -0500
- The name of the game on Field Day is cleanliness of RF output and a bulletproof receiver. IMO, the only good choices are the newer generation Omni's, the Orion, and the Elecraft K2 family. The K2/10
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-09/msg00090.html (10,853 bytes)
- 76. Re: [TenTec] Jupiter vs other rigs in same price range (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
- Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2004 14:55:08 -0500
- One point I forgot to address. The K2 is not as easy to operate as the Omni or 746 families. The original post correctly noted, for example, that the DSP system scores very poorly for user-friendline
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-09/msg00092.html (8,978 bytes)
- 77. Re: [TenTec] Jupiter vs other rigs in same price range (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
- Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2004 23:31:28 -0500
- Racked I did just under 1,000 Q's on mine, in about 17 hours. At my home QTH, in the middle of Chicago, I have a moderately high noise level that the K2 Noise Blanker won't touch (the Omni V NB does)
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-09/msg00105.html (9,517 bytes)
- 78. Re: [TenTec] Resonant antennas (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
- Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2004 23:42:44 -0500
- If the VSWR is below 4:1, RG-59 and RG-8X have very little loss below 28 MHz. IMO, the value of open wire line is HIGHLY over-rated. There's an equation (and a graph of it) in the ARRL Handbook and A
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-09/msg00106.html (9,595 bytes)
- 79. [TenTec] Re: Resonant antennas (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
- Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2004 23:55:00 -0500
- I'm not so sure about that, Ken, even though I've read that statement in a bunch of places from folks who considered themselves "authorities." I have an 80/40 dipole up about 45 ft fed by some old (b
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-09/msg00107.html (9,804 bytes)
- 80. Re: [TenTec] Sweep display freezing on Orion (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
- Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 00:31:20 -0500
- As member of the Standards Committee of the Audio Engineering Society, I would be equally curious. Measuring the response of a loudspeaker requires considerably more instrumentation than a scope and
- /archives//html/TenTec/2004-09/msg00144.html (10,109 bytes)
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