I certainly got everyone riled up with this one, didn't I? Just to be clear, these guys were not giving me grief but I still don't like being the guy who is off frequency all the time even though I o
We can morph the thread into just how bad was the old stuff. I just got through resurrecting a Heathkit AR-3. On that one, the entire 80M band is about 3/4" of dial with tic marks every 100 kc. I act
What does a 15 Hz difference sound like? Anyone can easily hear the difference between say A1 = 55 Hz and C#2 = 69.3 Hz. That's 4 semi-tones. That is a lot, from Do right past Ray all the way to Mi.
There is something to be said for a chain saw CW note. You stand out in a crowd. And as for your station, have you considered an Alexanderson Alternator as a upgrade to your spark station? They are t
There is a lot to be said for an antenna as a resonant circuit. One of the very early SSB patents did just that. They sliced off the carrier and opposite sideband at the antenna. Now if I can just re
We're cruising toward the 100 year anniversary of SSB. It definitely qualifies as older technology. It was the famous John Carson patent for SSB filed in 1915 that used the antenna circuit for more t
I suppose it would have had to have been the '30's and those were tough times. _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/ma
Never left AM -- that's Don, K4KYV's line and I suppose mine too except like many I left ham radio for decades. I use my OMNI VII as RF drive for my 300 W home brew class E now and often listen on th
Mike, Please enlighten us with the settings. What power level do you run on the OMNI VII? How about EQ? When I tried it once just recording using a dummy load I thought I might need quite different E
Nicely done. Not on Ten-Tec but on other gear I've built temperature controllers. Most of the time the fans run at a snail's pace and make essentially zero noise. They only pick up the pace when they
Anyone using the OMNI VII with a Hercules II QSK? It's not working here. I notice the H II drops the TX EN/Key out line from 4.1 to 1.2 volts when it's keyed. This doesn't seem to be good enough for
No, they don't work together in QSK and never did. To make them work, short D11 on the control board of the Hercules II. Hours of sleuthing and puzzling over the QSK circuitry and consulting with my
I can't believe I sold my KWM-2. This thread is killing me. _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tent
Perhaps you lead a charmed life. Mine didn't work. Garry Green of Ten-Tec service said, indeed it doesn't work as designed with the OMNI VII. With earlier transceivers, yes. With the OMNI VII, no. I
I would have had nightmares for years if I'd witnessed that. I may have them anyway just hearing about it. _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com ht
I don't if an OMNI VII panadapter would sell in numbers or not. I do know they could sell one. I'd buy one. Where do I sign? _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec
I wouldn't be surprised if we're all debating iPhone vs Android for ham radio or anything in a few years. Those devices are full of oomph and are outselling computers by a mile. Jon _________________
I'm thankful that they have stayed in this tough business making great radios for a rather small market comprised of cheap, critical buyers, us. I hope Ten-Tec and Alpha do well. I'll do my part by b
Cecil, I'd bet on the transistors, maybe not now but soon and for the rest of our lives. People seem to really like those expensive Italian amplifiers, the Expert 1KFA and now 2KFA. I notice that the