Re: [TenTec] FS - Top Ten Devices Band Decoder for Orion

["Dick Williams" <k8ztt@mho.com>]

Jim,

I am kind of curious as to why you needed the Top Ten band decoder with the 
Orion?
When I had a Yausu FT-1000D and then a Mark V,  I also had one of the Top 
Ten decoders to do the same thing you were doing.   Only difference is I am 
using three Ameritron RCS-4's and two MFJ 4712's spread out rather than one 
(like the DX Engineering unit).
In any case,  when I purchased the Orion, I sold the Top Ten unit because 
the Orion has the bands already decoded on the Band Data connector, and I no 
longer needed the top ten decoder.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim N7US" <jim@n7us.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>; <orion@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 7:19 PM
Subject: [TenTec] FS - Top Ten Devices Band Decoder for Orion


> I sold my Orion a couple of years ago but still have the Top Ten Devices
> Band Decoder.  It was originally a Yaesu band decoder with the source 
> driver
> option, and I added the $35 Orion mod kit and bought a $30 Orion cable for
> it.  It works fine (was checked out by N2RD of Top Ten Devices since I 
> don't
> have the Orion).  I still have the couple of parts removed in the
> conversion, in case you want to convert it back to a Yaesu,
>
> I used it with a DX Engineering remote antenna switch on the tower. 
> Changing
> bands on the radio changes the antenna switch automatically.
>
> Top Ten Devices no longer sells the Orion or the Yaesu-to-Orion mod kit. 
> My
> cost was $155 for the unit, $35 for the mod kit, and $30 for the cable, 
> for
> a total of $220.  I'd like to sell the package for $175 plus shipping from
> near Chicago.
>
> The Top Ten Devices web site is http://www.qth.com/topten/bdecoder.htm.
>
>
> Jim N7US
>
>
>
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