Ulrich, I can answer some of the questions - though sorry, I have not had a chance to compare the 850 to the Orion. I have only compared it to an ICOM IC-746 and an Elecraft K2. The ORION has provisi
Mario, now you are mixing politics with computers! VMS, as well as NT was not developed by Bill Carter, nor by Jimmy Clinton ;-) In fact it was David N. Cutler. To be exact, Dave was NT's chief archi
Don, you should try an ANC-4 to help eliminate you noise. It should drop the noise to about S1 or S2. 73 Rick I envy all of you able to copy S1 signals, not because of great receivers but no power li
Mario, I think Bill Clinton actually admired Jimmy Carter quite a lot so maybe "Bill Carter" was his secret desire ;-) I have to think hard when I first used a computer in contests, but it must have
Mario, good morning, What on earth are you doing up already (or so late)? Can't think of any T-T relation to this thread, either. My IT career began on an old (well new back then) Honeywell DDP-516 w
Paul, Why don't you call Ten-Tec Direct and ask them? Their number is 01773 880788 (Derbyshire). 73 Rick --Original Message-- From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com
Hi all, The January issue or the RSGB's "RadCom" has a test of the Jupiter. The do publish some specs but I didn't notice the IP2 number anywhere but they tested IP3 on 7 MHz with a multitude of spac
Where does the international community get a copy? February 2004 QST review of the new verrsion K2/100 is posted on the member's only section of the ARRL website. ____________________________________
Barry, both flanks of the Orion's waveform are tunable to meet personal tastes. Or, to exhibit soft or hard keying. What you saw published is just one of many possibilities. 73 Rick I was looking at
I do not agree with you. I don't think one setting will always be right for all speeds and all the different "fists" which people have. Not everyone uses the electronic keyer. 73 Rick Equipment manuf
Yuri, this post was a bit misleading. The IC-730 was an outstanding radio. It was ham-band only rig with a limited selection of outstanding crystal filters. Most Icoms that followed it were far worse
Jason, what planet have you been living on? I'm only guessing but I doubt if any class in any major contest has been won by anyone NOT using a computer to send CW for at least 10 years now. 73 Rick -
Yes, John, if it ever gets to the point that the operator is not the decisive factor in winning contests, I believe I'll retire! The best filter in the world is still the human ear! A bad rig or lack
Yuri, sounds like you're about to open up a "Ring of Fire" ;-) Because they are mostly "magazine" reviews. Magazines need ads to survive, they are not going to bite the hand that feeds them, other th
Yuri, You were absolutely "spot on" with your analogy. Thanks. No offense meant to those who don't agree. The biggest problem is, most of these guys have never operated from bunga bunga. They never p
Hi guys, Sorry about the poor quality. I scanned this into "Word" format so that I could paste it here on the email. If anyone is interested in a "clean" PDF file of this, let me know and I'll send i
Tongola, All Ten-Tec amps are QSK amps. Always have been. Also often had problem with the relays. Most of the Alpha amps as well as the Acom amps also have compatible keying circuitry. Also have the
THEY BREAK TOO OFTEN, Art. They really do! WHY DID TT LEAVE I don't understand why PTT is so important. Wouldn't QSK with amp be better? I've heard big gun contesters double with inexperienced ops an
I'm replying to my own post to let you know the reflector stripped the picture of the Delta out of my original post. It too is available in a direct email. 73 Rick Hi guys, Sorry about the poor quali
Bob, All the features you desire are already implemented in a multitude of contest programs except that the calls have to be entered by the keyboard, not by the paddle. When we first started using th