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Re: [TenTec] Orion II has ended production

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion II has ended production
From: Darrell Bellerive <drbellerive.va7to@gmail.com>
Reply-to: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2013 10:35:15 -0700
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What we need is a list ranking transmitter IMD. Perhaps even a worst polluters list.

In the over five decades since the Collins 32S-3 transmitter was introduced, not one manufacturer has bettered it. Most transmitters are significantly worse.

Would one dB per decade be too tough? Before the Collins is six decades old, who will build a transmitter with IMD specs six dB better?

73, Darrell VA7TO

Darrell Bellerive

On 07/01/2013 08:34 AM, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP wrote:
Well if we are pointing out Rob Sherwood points, let's not forget that ONE BIG 
POINT he makes is, there is no further need to continue work on the receiver 
technology now, until we fix the dirty transmitters on the band.

Why is it nobody ever wants to talk about this?  Everyone talks receiver, 
receivers, receivers....

A good receiver is one that does not crunch in the presence of a strong station 
on a neighboring channel.
But if that station is a strong signal using many of today's rigs, driving an 
amp, he's not just on the neighboring channel.
He's splattering across your frequency and there are no receiver features for 
removing that.

73
Rick, DJ0IP
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