I have had good results with the Hy-Gain AV-640. It requires no guys, at least for those of us who don't live in the hurricane belt (winds of 70-75 mph or less) and is designed to be mounted at least
Hi all, I have a hypothesis I'd like to check out through this reflector: most of the people I know or whose posts I've read who like the Flex 5000 are (a) comfortable with computer programming and/o
I've got one and use it with my O II on 160, which my other amp (a 30L-1) doesn't cover. It works fine. The only change I would (strongly) recommend is swapping out the three 811As for 572Bs. That gr
Not to speak of other potential problems. TT is a privately held company, so it would not be affected, but if a company has publicly traded securities (stock or bonds), information about potential ne
Art, I have no esperience with N3ZN paddles but I've had a Begali Signature for two years and it's tough to see how it can be improved upon -- for me anyway. 73 Ray W2RS
OK, I've never had Drake, Elecraft or Flex. However, I've used many radios, including the S-line and various riceboxes, during my 50+ years as an active DXer, and I agree: the O II is very much the b
Rick et al, My AL-811 has 572Bs in place of the 811As, and no other mods. I have encountered no problems driving it with an Orion II, but have not tried to make it do QSK. I use it mainly on 160, whi
Hi all, While not disagreeing with any of the technical points Jim makes, I simply want to mention that I had a twinlead-fed 80-meter dipole at my old New Jersey QTH. It was supported at each end by
Hi, This is for those Argonaut owners who may be using, or considering, the Tokyo Hy-Power HL-100BDX RF-switched 100W amp. I inadvertently fried my HL-100BDX a few weeks ago while trying to load it i
Shipping from Texas to Saitama, via UPS air, was about $120. USPS would have been cheaper, about $70, but I called the difference "peace of mind." Return shipping via Japanese EMS was JPY 6100 billed
Probably so, but a low-powered rig is not going to be effective on SSB without a good antenna, which many of these people will find difficult to manage. Here in Arizona we're fortunate to have quite
That's just the problem, Geoff. There are so many hams on 20 SSB in the US that someone with 5 watts would be lucky to work anyone unless he had a good antenna. In a few years, when 10 meters opens u
Ron, I've had my Orion II for over two years now, and have also tried the FT-1000MP Mk V and several Icom Pro IIIs. They're all good radios, and which is best for you depends, IMHO, on the type of op
Jerry, Thank you! Last night on 160, I tried your suggestion of turning on the preamp and reducing the RF gain further (to 66 rather than my usual 78-84 with the preamp off). It did help. I am using
I'm curious as to what AGC and NR settings you guys are using. On 160 (CW of course) I find a slow AGC action to be very helpful. I'm currently using Hang 0.3s, Decay 10 dB/s, Threshold 9.84 uV and A
Looking at the Sherwood results, one would have to declare a virtual tie between the Orion II and the T-Flex 5000A, since individual radios from the same build would vary at least as much as that. Th
Good point. If TT, Inrad or someone came out with a 200 Hz roofing filter for the O II that similarly outperformed the current 300 Hz filter, I'd buy it, since I usually run the main rx at 100-200 Hz
I would too, and would be willing to give up general coverage to get it (I use my Argonaut V for SW reception anyway). However, I would have no use for decoding-panadaptor support or enhanced compute