Now that was well put!
On 3/12/06, CATFISHTWO@aol.com <CATFISHTWO@aol.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> as an aside to the comments below here is my take. Orion running 1.732,
> alpha 87a, 3 ele steppir or gap voyager, my basic setup .
> I also have a 5btv, ma5b alpha delta 160-20 sloper and other antennas.
>
> I use the Orion for modest contesting. For example last week I did
> about
> 20 hours in the arrl dx contest (ssb) and made about 350 contacts over 3
> day
> on 10 to 160.
>
> I used the Orion. it worked very well. I would spot the occasional call
> to
> my local friends on 2 meters and most of the time they could not even
> hear
> them
> My Orion was usually set at 2250 on BW 75 on rfgain, audio volume loud,
> NR
> either off or on 1. worked a lot of split. it did fine
>
>
> I also fired up the 746 pro and the ts 2000 and listened to the same
> signal
> on all 3 and I find the Orion was consistently better. With the same
> antenna, I could usually hear "something" on all 3 but I could
> understand it on the
> Orion. It has that 10% better hearing to let you pull out the soft ones.
> I
> think by controlling the bandwidth, gain and offset of the signal,
> it allowed
> me to quiet nearby stations, get rid of band noise, kill most of the Base
> part of the signal and let me hear the weak ones.
>
> I could hear them on all 3 ( or hear something!!) but I could pull them
> out
> on the Orion, for instance a yu1oj was continually reported as ya1oj and
> was
> weak but the call was definitely yu1oj so that is the things that make the
> Orion shine in my book.
>
> It just gives you more control of the signal, so you can make it sound the
> way YOU need it to be able to hear it.
>
> As an aside, both the Orion and the alpha 87a use silent switching. it
> is
> such a pleasure to use VOX ste to drop off in 25 milliseconds, and talk
> on vox
> naturally, just like you were sitting next to me. no more AHHHHH to
> hold
> the amp up between words. with no click on click off, you just talk and
> don't
> care. I wish I had bought the OIrion / Alpha 87 first, it is a superb
> set
> up.
>
> The new O II and newer versions of all the soft ware may be better, and
> may
> need some minor adjusting, but folks who are reading this thinking about
> buying an Orion, by all means do it. it is simply the best HF rig I have
> ever
> used. and I have had probably 20 or 30 different rigs over the years, and
> currently own 8 hf rigs. but I use the Orion.
>
> tom N6AJR
>
> ======================================================
>
>
> In a message dated 3/12/2006 9:42:30 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> douglas.shock@gmail.com writes:
>
> Toby,
>
> Nothing is broke...there are just a few of us who refuse to be appliance
> operators.
>
>
>
> It is an excellent radio. Do I find the sweep concerning? No I don't.
> It's
> an interrupt thing. It serves my purpose well. The NR...it works and it
> works well...what's in question is how it works.
>
>
>
> Please don't let these few items shadow the brilliance of this radio. I
> have
> been a Yaesu operator for 12 years now. True, it is an adjustment for me
> but
> an easy one now and I wish I had gone tentec years ago.
>
>
>
> The flexibility of this radio goes beyond my wildest expectations. Let's
> not
> overlook the incredible DSP in the 3rd IF...holy cow you have to hear it
> to
> believe it. 100 hz and no ring...199 tap points and 50 hz away the s9+
> signal is gonzo. The crystal filters in my mark V never worked this well.
>
>
>
> If you are holding out...don't do it. I have spent the last year weighing
> the difference with the big three...needless to say...here I am on
> a tentec
> reflector.
>
>
> On 3/12/06, Toby Pennington <toby423@earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> > <<<<I'm not quite sure what you mean, but of course it moves when you
> > tune. It
> > doesn't move WHILE you tune, at "normal" tuning dial rates using the
> knob.
> > The minute you stop, or even just hesitate, the sweep immediately
> begins
> > to
> > update at your new dial frequency.
> >
> > Grant/NQ5T>>>>>>
> >
> > I assume what you are trying to say is that the sweep does not move in
> > tandem with the VFO AS you are turning the VFO, but when you
> stop turning
> > the VFO the sweep will reflesh and set up on that new frequency.
> >
> > If this is the case then the sweep is practicaly useless. What else
> > besides the Sweep and the NR that is broke in the O2? New potential
> buyers
> > want to know? How about the TX audio?
> >
> >
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