w8au@sssnet.com writes... My digging around in the wiki reveals that the Paragon was 1987 and the Omni V was 1989. The Paragon was reviewed in 1988, and the Omni V in 1990, in QST. The first Paragon
K5XS@aol.com writes... Me, too. As someone who has led major software development efforts, and who has written commercial software and owned a small company (me) devoted to same, I can offer a couple
I'm facing a couple of weeks of enforced downtime following surgery in a couple of days, and I've decided it's time to get my dual receive capability working. I have an Omni V.9 for which I have not
Thanks to those who sent details for incorporating my RX-320 as a sub-receiver for my Omni V.9. The 320 is working happily running through a USB to RS-232 adaptor from my station laptop, leaving the
Dennis Ashworth writes... You suspect correctly: It's a 2400 Hz filter for 9 MHz. 1800 Hz filter for 9 Mhz. 500 Hz filter for 9 MHz. The Ten Tec Wiki is your friend when identifying Ten Tec products.
Bob Cunnings writes... Makes me long for the Poseidon, rather than his sons. On the other hand, the Jupiter is named for the Roman god that is Zues to the ancient Greeks, equal to and slightly greate
Folks, As it turns out, I'm getting significant RFI from the USB-to-RS232 cable I'm using to run my RX-320. The cable clearly has some circuitry in it, though it must be hiding in the molded plugs. I
d.e.warnick@comcast.net writes... Dave and Kirk, thanks for the information. I like both the multiple ports and the price. I have built many systems for work that used the old Digiboards, so the pric
Stuart Rohre writes... If the power supply is reasonably stable under 20 amps of load, what about using a forward-biased rectifier to drop the voltage? For example, I see a Fairchild FFH50US60S diode
Dr. Gerald N. Johnson writes... It depends on how long they do so. At 15 volts, a battery will eventually get warm and the electrolyte will start to gas off and even boil. That's bad. But proper alte
Bob McGraw - K4TAX writes... Note that I started with the (stated) assumption that the supply put out a stable 20 amps of current. For me, "stable" means "clean" as well as "consistent". If it can't
A while back I posted a question about audio distortion in my Heil headphones when connected to my Omni V. I received several responses but haven't had much of a chance to dig into it further. And in
Joe Roberts writes... Joe, thanks, I have that article. It gets better than that... Rick Williams, VE7TK, hosts that article, and I have Rick's former Omni V.9. That radio is destined to be owned by
Ed writes... ...if you are lucky. The cheapie that I bought sprayed RF throughout my shack, and created "band noise" at about S-5. On the recommendation of this list, I replaced it with a Keyspan fou
Michael Brown writes... The cable is quite simple to construct. I connected only the ground, TX, and RX lines to the appropriate pins, plus wiring a couple of jumpers in the plugs. I used shielded, t
Last night and today I had a chance to finally spend some time chasing VP6DX. I worked them on 40 meters last night, and used the RX-320 to receive them while listening to the pileup on their listeni
Robert Carroll writes... With my use of an RX-320 as a sub-receiver to my Omni V, I find it usually acceptable to use the sub-receiver to listen to the DX station and the main receiver for the pileup
Robert Carroll writes... With my use of an RX-320 as a sub-receiver to my Omni V, I find it usually acceptable to use the sub-receiver to listen to the DX station and the main receiver for the pileup
Dr. Gerald N. Johnson writes... I'm bringing this thread back for a related question. I see that Mouser offers kits of capacitors, but not in the low-ESR, high-temp categories. My parts bin includes
Dr. Gerald N. Johnson writes... I'm hoping that doing so will address an audio quality issue that I have on my V. When I turn the AF knob past about 8 or 9 o'clock, the audio amplifier clips, as we'v