Duane: I also recently received a new Orion, but I too had read about potential RF getting into the rig. I bought the hand held mike from TenTec to help insure that I would not have the problem. I th
I've been reading a lot lately on the reflector about RFI problems with the newer Ten Tec rigs. I guess the burning question in my mind is, how close to the station, are the antennas? Having always l
Ken, QSL on that. The only problem was that we 'modify' UTC to keep the local time the same. I messed up on the 'modification'. I'm probably spoiled. I have a UTC clock in my shack (it's one of those
The UTC time should remain the same all year. Why make it confusing? 73, Bill kc4atu FM19ga Ken, QSL on that. The only problem was that we 'modify' UTC to keep the local time the same. I messed up on
Josh: I have a Ten Tec Delta II rig that I would like to sell. I have just accumulated too many rigs, and several of them sit unused. My Delta II is in excellent operational and physical shape. Howev
There are multiple past posts on this subject. For a short reminder: The keying line running from the rig to the amp should be rapped around a toriod cube (from Radio Shack) as many times as possible
John, your post was excellent, but you should not discourage people from placing their antenna as far away from a house (within reason) as possible. I have had multiple occasions where I took a short
Grounding is a multi faceted subject. The shach should be grounded for RF, Lightning & mains ground. Blending these into a grounding 'system' is not always a cut & dried issue. For more good informat
I used to have my basement shack at the end of a 20 foot ground cable. I was getting back into the game after being off HF for many years and I (obviously) had forgotten a lot about station building
I second Rob's recomendation about using the RadioWorks Line Isolators. In fact they now have low power versions which aren't so expensive. Someone hinted at this in an earlier post, but there's no s
In my case, the antenna in use at the time of this "problem" is one that's very close to the shack. I'm not blaming the radio - yet. I pulled the mic connection and the RFI disappeared. So, I need to
You know what the problem is? Poor design of "amazing" radio. It is unthinkable to design communications transceiver that cannot take some amount of RF field. All it takes few capacitors, a choke her
Looks like the thread I started has mutated significantly! Yuri, I'm not sure if I agree with you on this. I've had ICOMs and Kenwoods which were worse than this radio (they would block or go limp wi
Author: Robert & Linda McGraw K4TAX <RMcGraw@Blomand.Net>
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 13:15:00 -0500
One other solution.......... use a balanced feed system. If it is balanced, no RF ground needed. My shack is on the 2nd floor of a wood frame house. The antenna which does not run over the house is 7
I cannot imagine why some are having RFI issues specific to the Orion. I doubt that is has anything to do with the Orion and highly suspect external shielding, wiring hookups and grounding. I have th
Some years ago, I convinced our local club to try Horizontal Vee beams for Field Day, and we did so, with fun results. For three years, then moved to Extended Double Zepps and later Horiz. Loops. For
Thanks for the information. Appreciate it. mike k5wmg Some years ago, I convinced our local club to try Horizontal Vee beams for Field Day, and we did so, with fun results. For three years, then move