Looking forward to the upcoming week for ALE ON THE AIR WEEK 2006 (13-23 OCT)
In preparation for this I have done the following: -------------- Have put up a new 10-160 Meter Carolina Windom Bought a LDG AT-200 Pro tuner Bought the Kenwood TS-480HX 200 Watt Transceiver -------------- Thanks to Steve N2CKH, I now realize I need the LDG AT-200 PC version of the tuner. (... as only the AT-200PC is really suitable for ALE, the other LDG models such as the AT-200PRO is not in BYPASS during receive whereas the AT-200PC is set to such via both PC-ALE and MARS-ALE software ...) The LDG AT-200 PC version will be ordered on Monday and will be here in time for the weekend ALE fun. Reason I have made the changes is I have been concerned about the ALE burden on wearing my beloved FT-1000MP relays to death, This concern has limited how often I am on and stay on with ALE. What I hope the benefits with the changes are: 1: TS-480HX doesnt use relays in the bandpass filters (uses switching transistors, but does use relays in the lpf filters) 2: TS-480HX has excellent cooling and better continuous duty transmit time and load support (even with the dual fans not running). 3: With the 200 watts, I can use it if needed, but it allows for running lower power and having better cooling and transmit duty cycle time even more. 4: Using an external tuner transfers the relay cycle mechanical wear to out side the transceiver. 5: The LDG AT-200 Pro tuner has memories, and once stored settings for a frequency are in memory, it makes those tuning selections even faster than other tuners ..... except the PC version under computer control). I am keeping the Pro version because I want a good fast tuner for HF operations with out using a computer. 6: LDG AT-200 PC under computer control is the best way to go for ALE, and I very much appreciate Steve supporting the manufacture on bring that about! Only thing missing at this time is a ALE version that supports the TS-480HX and LDG AT-200 PC tuner. Currently waiting on replies to Steve, Bonnie and Charles for software access to support this system in time for the upcoming event. Side benefits for the TS-480HX is I am going to pair it up the new HiQ 5/160 mobile antenna purchase and have lots of fun this winter with HF mobile. Now it looks like I need to get a laptop for mobile ALE eh ??? Hi Hi Hey, good luck to all this weekend. I am looking forward to it! 73 from Bill - WD8ARZ South Bend, Indiana Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
