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Re: [TenTec] Initial comments about ORION II

To: Steve Baron - KB3MM <SteveBaron@StarLinX.com>,Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Initial comments about ORION II
From: Robert & Linda McGraw K4TAX <RMcGraw@Blomand.Net>
Reply-to: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 12:50:46 -0600
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As I understand, when the bandwidth is reduce by 1/2 then shouldn't the 
total audio output be reduced by 6 dB?  And thus S/N be improved by an equal 
amount?

73
Bob, K4TAX


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Baron - KB3MM" <SteveBaron@StarLinX.com>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, December 26, 2005 10:09 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Initial comments about ORION II


> Isn't that normal ?
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Toby Pennington" <toby423@earthlink.net>
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2005 19:56
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Initial comments about ORION II
>
>
>>
>> Ron,  Do you notice any loss of signal audio when turning the BW encoder
>> from 200hz  to 100hz in the cw mode?     Not the signal strength but the
>> audio itself.  I seemed to notice loss of audio the last time I operated
> the
>> O2.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Ron" <ron@morell.us>
>> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
>> Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 6:06 PM
>> Subject: [TenTec] Initial comments about ORION II
>>
>>
>> > My ORION II arrived yesterday and 15 seconds later it was out of the 
>> > box
>> and
>> > on the air.  I tried it out for several hours yesterday and set it up 
>> > in
>> all
>> > the configurations that caused problems with the ORION.  It did not
>> develop
>> > any anomalies that I could detect.  As I currently operate this radio,
> it
>> is
>> > flawless.  I've operated binaural CW with sweep on at the different
>> levels,
>> > I've operated CW and PSK, while listening to AM broadcast radio on
>> receiver
>> > B with the sweep on, and a variety of other settings that have caused
> the
>> > ORION running the latest version 1.3 software to either stop
> transmitting,
>> > or stop receiving on Receiver B.
>> >
>> > It is a little disappointing, that I'm not yet challenged with software
>> > anomalies whilst operating the O2.  Maybe someone would enlighten me 
>> > and
>> > tell me what parameters are needed to create a fault in this version of
>> > software?  Perhaps if I read the manual, and consider the instruction
>> there,
>> > I'll find a way to create a fault.
>> >
>> > I really like this radio and wish all on the reflector and all the 
>> > folks
>> at
>> > Ten Tec a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!  And thanks for 
>> > building
>> > this great radio.
>> > 73
>> > Ron  KA7U
>> >
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