[TenTec] ORION ..comments

[Duane Grotophorst]

I too fret about RCA connectors for power uses, they
are a disaster waiting to happen. On all of my Down
East Microwave transverters I went so far as to
replace all power RCA's with pig tail leads.

I like the idea of capping them.

Duane
N9DG

--- JBA <ballen@na800.net> wrote:
> >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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