John
If anyone can handle an Orion you can. as you Know I
have a Jupiter and a Orion and I love them both .
The monitor audio you hear on the Orion is like you
are transmiting 'you can here how your out going audio
sounds . you hear what the other guy hears so I guess
it samples the RF out. frequency stabilization is no
problem at all .I think the cristal just had to age a
little . My Orion seems very stable after owining it
over a year. I think you should buy the Orion
73
WB4QDA
John
--- N0KHQ@aol.com wrote:
> Hello All.
>
> I have been monitoring the progress of the Orion on
> this list for almost 2
> years.
>
> I own a Jupiter......and love it. I use it 98% of
> the time over the TS-830S
> and 756Proll.
>
> We had a near lightning strike Thursday
> night......it smoked the
> IC-756Proll/Power Supply, the DEQ-2496 and the
> garage door opener. The TS-830S, Jupiter
> made it okay.
>
> I would expect the insurance company to give me a
> check to replace all of the
> damaged equipment which should total about $3K.
>
> Although I like the Proll, it does not offer the
> flexibility that the Orion
> offers.
>
> I do realize that the Orion is not plug and play and
> that the learning curve
> could be quite steep.......depending on ones
> intelligence and patients. I'm
> getting into the Orion for the long haul, after all
> it is a rig that is
> continually in development.....and I like that.
>
> I am a casual user, SSB only. So I could care less
> about QSK and CW issues
> that still seem to plague the Orion. (Info from list
> users)
>
> My next door neighbor owns an Orion and has updated
> it with ver. 1.37. He
> says the Sweep function seems to be working a lot
> faster than before but still
> not as quickly as the 756Proll..........comments
> please!
>
> My neighbor, when questioned about the monitor
> function through the front of
> the rig using stereo head phones has said that the
> audio sounds a little
> muffled. On my Jupiter I monitor the audio through
> the ACC in the rear and it
> sounds great........comments please!
> Is the monitor function of the Orion being sampled
> from the actual RF out?
>
> Has the frequency stabilization issue been resolved?
>
> I am looking forward to taking the step of owning an
> Orion........its kinda
> scary.......but I think I can handle it.
>
> Thanks for the input.
>
> 73
> John / N0KHQ / St. Louis
>
> Always on 18.130
>
> Antennas:
>
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