I find the hardware noise blanker in the Orion is fantastic. I have an
intermittent power line buzz that shows up here once in a while, and the
Orion hardware noise blanker is the only thing that completely removes it.
Carl Moreschi N4PY
Franklinton, North Carolina
n4py@earthlink.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Ewing" <martin@aa6e.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 4:59 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Orion NB button
> Easy question: Does anyone use the Orion's NB button? When is it
> useful? When is the ":HW" option needed?
>
> Maybe I live in a blissful radio quiet zone, but my NB (1.371) seems to
> be a no-op. Nothing changes, even when I put it full on: 9:HW. I could
> start up my lawnmower just to give it serious impulse noise, but
> normally lawnmowing and ham operation are anti-correlated around here.
>
> What we need these days is effective atmospheric noise blanking (and
> shortly BPL blanking?), but Orion's NB doesn't solve those problems.
>
> Cheers,
> Martin
>
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