I hear a crackling in my audio on peaks on SSB. I have read where others do
not have the problem. I sent my Orion back for a issue a couple of years
ago which was fixed as well as other updates that Ten-Tec did automatically.
How can we tell if some of these differences are from different versions of
boards in our radios? I know that holding down the Menus button tell me the
software version, but how can we get the other information? Do we have to
look at each board and list the information on the board? Any ideas?
Thanks.
73,
John
-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]
On Behalf Of Larry Menzel
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 10:49 PM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] AM Receiver distortion in Orion II
Man, Rich, with all due respect, I can't understand what you're hearing.
My Orion II has clear, clean audio, on all bands. It's crisp and easy to
listen to.
I'm wondering how you have the AGC set, and more to the point, where your RX
EQ is set. I find the high plus numbers do tend to muddy the audio, but at
zero things sound pretty crisp.
My second question is what speaker(s) are you employing. I have both the
Icom SP-20 and my computer speakers available to switch back and forth and
the audio is very good on either. I've heard reports that the matching TT
speaker is a poor performer without significant modification.
I'm no technician, and perhaps one of those guys will weigh in, but it's
really curious to me that you'd find the OII generally muddy in character.
I'm not doubting your assessment, but I respectfully submit that maybe it's
an individual radio issue, and not characteristic of the radio in general.
Others may disagree, but YMMV.
Larry, N0XB
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