[TenTec] New product

Sun May 9 19:18:04 PDT 2010

Thanks Dave .  Well that sounds like a hot setup good for you .  Carl is a 
great help very knowledgeable .  good luck and keep us updated.  John kb2huk
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David W LeJeune, Sr" <lejeuned at centurytel.net>
To: "'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2010 9:26 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] New product


> Hi, John
> I got the idea from Carl, N4PY.  His software, which I use, is able
> to do the sync'ing.  I took that idea, developed a simple program that 
> does
> the same thing (sync, not total control), and then made a simple
> modification suggested by Carl to take the antenna input to the Flex off 
> the
> antenna input to the sub receiver in the O2.  Not a difficult mod, but it
> does require you removing the bottom panel of the O2 and soldering a small
> piece of coax from the input to the sub receiver to the spare RCA jack on
> the rear of the O2.  A piece of coax from this to the antenna input to the
> 5k and you're off and running. This mod provides switched RF input to the
> Flex.
> The only thing that is sync'd is the frequency of the O2 and the
> Flex.  I guess you could sync mode and probably bandwidth, but I decided
> that freq was enough.  Changing the freq on the O2 changes the freq on 
> flex,
> and changing the freq on the Flex (like clicking on the flex/powerSDR
> software panadapter display with the mouse) changes the freq on the Orion.
> It does what I want, so I left it at that.  Since the  sync'ing software 
> is
> driven with the CAT commands of the Flex and the Orion, I suspect there is 
> a
> lot of other functions that could be sync'd.  The only other thing I did 
> was
> provide a serial input for my logging Program (Logic8) so when the my sync
> program is active, the logging program gets mode and freq info from the 
> sync
> program.
> Both the executable and the source code is available on my web site
> www.lejeune.net/WN5V
> By the way - Total control of the O2 is always available from the
> front panel of the O2.
>
> Dave
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
> On Behalf Of John Molenda
> Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2010 4:58 PM
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] New product
>
> Can you operate from the face of the OII if you wanted to make adjustments
> with out going to the computer ?  say can I adjust bandwidth and then use
> vfo on the radio's face without messing up the interface ?  sounds like a
> lot of networking are there instructions for putting that together 
> somewhere
>
> or did you put that idea together yourself ? ( good job ) I know I am 
> always
>
> looking for the easy way out .
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David W LeJeune, Sr" <lejeuned at centurytel.net>
> To: "'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'" <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2010 4:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] New product
>
>
>> Yep, but I have and O2, and I also have a computer next to it.  If I want
>> to
>> go portable QRP, I always have the laptop and the little Flex 1500. (8>}
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com 
>> [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
>> On Behalf Of Philip C. Anderson
>> Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2010 1:03 PM
>> To: tentec at contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [TenTec] New product
>>
>>
>> I would have to have a computer married to all this equipment to do as 
>> you
>> have done. The P3 is stand alone and with the programable IF it could be
>> used with many other receivers.
>>
>> PROUD MEMBER OF THE NRA
>>
>>
>>
>>> From: lejeuned at centurytel.net
>>> To: tentec at contesting.com
>>> Date: Sun, 9 May 2010 12:38:03 -0500
>>> Subject: Re: [TenTec] New product
>>>
>>> Wow - for that price you can buy a Flex 1500, have a qrp rig and all the
>>> capabilities of the panadapter plus some. I have my Flex 5K sync'd to my
>>> O2 with the RX1 input to the Flex 5k tied to the subreceiver of the O2.
>>> That way when the O2 is switched to xmit, the front end of the Flex 5k 
>>> is
>>> protected. Also have point and click tuning - click on the panadapter 
>>> and
>>> you tune both the 5k and the O2.
>>>
>>> Dave WN5V
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com
>>> [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
>>> On Behalf Of Philip C. Anderson
>>> Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2010 12:05 PM
>>> To: tentec at contesting.com
>>> Subject: [TenTec] New product
>>>
>>>
>>> Have you folks seen the new P3 Panadapter from Elecraft?? What a great
>>> addition to my Oll.
>>>
>>> This will be my birthday present to myself.
>>>
>>> Andy W3LI
>>>
>>> PROUD MEMBER OF THE NRA
>>>
>>>
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