[TenTec] ORION ..comments

[JBA]

>still using RCA jack for aux 13.8V amongst the other
>RCA's (I haven't gotten nailed by it yet on my Omni's, but it's bound to
>happen--plug something into that jack and watch something release smoke

This practice goes back a long way. Many manufactures have used the RCA jack
for 13.8 volts.
I believe Yazoo uses it on their high end 1000 series rigs and Drake used it
on the TR-7 series of radios back in the seventies and eighties.
I use a small red plastic cap that just slips over the socket. Keeps me
honest and it looks good too.
Cheers!
de Benton wb5twc

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dale L Martin" <kg5u@hal-pc.org>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 10:53 PM
Subject: RE: [TenTec] ORION ..comments


>
> Also,
>
> No RF Gain control?? (or did I miss it by it's label being obscured by a
> knob?)
>
> DB9 instead of DB25; still using RCA jack for aux 13.8V amongst the other
> RCA's (I haven't gotten nailed by it yet on my Omni's, but it's bound to
> happen--plug something into that jack and watch something release smoke.
>
> dale, kg5u
> >
> > Not deal breakers.... but did anyone notice what I have :
> >
> > This may be the only hf rig I've ever owned that the
> > AF level ( volume) control is not along the bottom row of controls.....
> > and that is the most used control, as the radio is on most of the day.
> > Positioned close to the bottom,  the same as the tuning knob.
> > Also with the fuse on the back, I better not pop it as much as I do the
> > airpax on my Omni6+... my built in arrangement makes it a bear to get
> > behind , once it's installed.
> >
> >
>
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