I agree it makes less sense when a majority of the Q's are made while sitting on a run frequency. But having instant QSY to a new quiet spot anywhere in the band I have to believe would be useful for
well I'm in my mid 40's and I grew up in an analog only world and do find such a statement laughable too. I simply have chosen to extend my "formative" years until the day I die. As such I will alway
Since the Omni VII will have an Ethernet port that provides control, mic, and audio signals Ten Tec should create a small controller panel with both Ethernet and USB ports on it. 1) Just plug the Omn
Duane - Note to self: Do not plan on humor as a new career should I ever need to find new one. Two attempts at humor in the last couple days were not universally taken as such. If some on HF took my
Actually some VLF'ers who are chasing stuff below 25 kHz or so do use sound cards directly connected to antennas. And apparently it can be made to work well. I have never tried it myself but have bee
Comments in line below: I've pondered this issue in the past and have come to the conclusion that there is no legal problems with it (though a lawyer may argue otherwise). I think the case can be mad
Keep in mind though to use the Corsair RX port to feed a second RX you then need a means to mute that second RX during the Corsair's TX. The isolation isn't all that huge between the two antenna port
I believe that the 525 uses the same or similar system as the 263/283 remote VFO's used. Those are based on a simple prescaler circuit that drives a decade counter that lights the LEDs. Unfortunately
If you are referring to all the LED's around the keypad and not the digital frequency display then it is a symptom that the master reference OCXO (TCXO if modified) oscillator - isn't (oscillating).
The Corsair and Corsair II also have the 10 kHz shift varactor built into thier VFO's. Also most TT radios of the PTO vintage use a varactor for the RIT function as well, that too might be modifyable
I suppose if you don't mind losing the SSB capability of the Corsair you could substitute the 2.4kHz wide 1st IF filter with either the 217 (500hz) or 219 (250hz) 9MHz filter. Would not likely do muc
If you don't need the portability and/or FM coverage I'd buy a Down East Microwave, Elecraft or possibly an SSB Electronics (if you have the dollars) transverter instead and add it to the Corsair II.
I don't know about that, +8.5 dBm at 2 kHz (where it matters most) looks pretty darn good to me. The FT-2000 is only -19/-22 dBm at that spacing per the ARRL test results. And the +13 dBm at 20 kHz i
I just looked through a few other QST reviews to get the 20 kHz spacing (20M band) IP3 results: Orion II +21 (preamp off), +10 (preamp on) FTDX-9000D +27 (preamp off), +15 (preamp on) IC-7800 +37 (pr
FWIW the ADC's in the Orion's are a AKM AK4524 part number (per the schematics I have). That is a 24 bit ADC. And it is the ADC bit resolution more so than the DSP processing bits that will determine
Why in the world would you want to spend $6K for 6m??? For $6K you can buy a lot of transverters and amplifiers for a lot of bands and still have plenty of $'s left over for antennas. Duane N9DG ____
I agree. I have a 765 and an Omni VI here. When conditions are rough the Omni wins hands down. With lots of atmospheric noise the IF filters in the Omni are not nearly as objectionable as the filters
Almost but not quite. In the case of the Corsair the 1st mixer output feeds more or less directly into the 1st IF (9 MHz) filter. In the Corsair II there are two crystal filter elements that then fee
Gonset beat Icom's 756 by ~40 years ... http://www.rigpix.com/gonset/commander.htm Hammarlund by ~40 years ... http://www.rigpix.com/hammarlund/sp600jx.htm Hallicrafters by nearly 50 years ... http:/
Yepp, or as I like to think of it, "serious fun". And in the case of a contest where you don't have piles and piles of stations to wade through then you better have a means to keep tabs on some prett