I read an article on how to get the output for the P3 somewhere, don't now
remember where. there is an unused phono jack on the back of the O and O2
that can be used to connect a scope, but there is no connection presently in
the O or O2 for that purpose. one can do that himself but I hesitate to make
any changes in the Orion personally.
jack
ak7o
-----Original Message-----
From: kc9cdt@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2011 12:03 PM
To: tentec@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TenTec] O3 wish list
So, Does my OII have the necessary high quality IF output?
Lee, KC9CDT
-----Original Message-----
From: Barry N1EU <barry.n1eu@gmail.com>
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Thu, May 12, 2011 12:30 pm
Subject: Re: [TenTec] O3 wish list
Well said and totally agree Paul. Limited engineering resources can
be put to much better use. If the rig mfr provides I.F. output,
they've done their job.
Barry N1EU
On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 12:19 PM, Paul Christensen <w9ac@arrl.net>
wrote:
high speed display is missing the point entirely. The name of the
game
in panadaptors is RESOLUTION and the ability to twiddle sweep speed
and
AVERAGING parameters in such a way that best allows you to visually
identify the weak signals you're looking for.
For the reason explained by Floyd, it seems to me that today,
inclusion of a
panadapter into a transceiver is not a very good use of a company's
design
resources. The inclusion of a simple 8-9 MHz buffered IF port opens
up a
whole new world to the operating experience that can never be
completely
duplicated with internal band scopes. Of course, that assumes a
mid-frequency IF is available in the design that precludes such an
option
with traditional up-conversion designs. Ten tec was smart to add an
IF port
to the Eagle. That one low-cost feature alone separates the Eagle
from the
Kenwood TS-590 by a long shot.
In 2005, I purchased an Icom IC-7800. For the two years, my thought
was
that any manufacturer who could not, or would not, include an internal
panadapter would soon face extinction. I held that view until
something
quite abrupt occurred. I experimented with an SDR-IQ on the IF port
of an
Elecraft K3. After witnessing the panoramic detail, waterfall display
choices, secondary receivers (through SDR-IQ), there was no turning
back.
Suddenly, I viewed internal panadapters as a millstone around the
necks of
manufacturers. None of the present manufacturers have the resources
to
provide the pan ability and control utility provided by SDR-IQ,
SpectraVue,
LP-PAN, PowerSDR-IF, etc., nor should they. Look at the display
provided
by Yaesu with their FTdx-5000 product. Frankly, it's a panadpater in
name
only.
Manufacturers only need to give us a high-quality IF port and a means
for
rig control. The rest of the panadapter and control functions can be
better
managed by folks like Carl, N4PY, Moe, AE4JY, and Scott, WU2X.
Despite past
moans from Ten Tec users, I think that in the end, Ten Tec was right
to
delay inclusion of an internal high-performance panadapter into the
O2. At
some point, perhaps Ten Tec may want to market an external panadapter
similar to the Elecraft P3, where that device could be used for more
than
one Ten Tec transceiver. Even so, it's doubtful that the device could
approach the low cost and high performance provided by a small
netbook PC
and SDR-IQ or Softrock receiver.
Paul, W9AC
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