something that I overlooked when I first read the Orion review and that I haven't seen mentioned. The Orion seemed to exhibit cw element shortening, which I only noticed when looking at the fuller K2
operational on CW?<< "Yes" but it becomes KEYING line instead of PTT on CW, so you lose PTT function, but you could send code with your foot switch, which none of the above $3k rigs allows :-) Appare
arrived two days ago and has the problem.<< Looks more like masking rather than fixing. On mine the AF gain with headphones is almost on full, while via speaker it is set about 1/3 of the range. Yuri
have never needed this crutch to go between transmit and receive on CW. If you want semi-breakin on a tentec radio, you just adjust a delay that really just mutes the receiver a little longer so you
one of the categories of the just past CQ WW CW contest; and he used TWO Orions. << I won South American WPX record as P40A on 80m with single Icom IC730, does that mean we do not need better radios?
implying that contesters could not possible do well on CW with the Orion in its' present state.<< Not at all, but they could do better by having PTT control and fine tuned timing. Saves relays, less
Soon these guys will turn their computers (er radios) on Friday evening and print out the logs on Monday morning (smile) Alan KB7MBI<< There is only one small, overlooked "problem": would you want to
Because they are mostly "magazine" reviews. Magazines need ads to survive, they are not going to bite the hand that feeds them, other thing is the personal (expertise, sex :-) preferences of the revi
serious concerns submitted by OWNERS who want things to improve so that their radio will indeed be the BEST for their application. Also remember that one cannot be all things to all people.<< AMEN! V
better Or.... Find another radio that fits your operating style. -Paul, W9AC That's what contesters have been doing and why TT worshipers wonder why there are not more TT radios used by contesters. N
because I happen to believe the Orion may potentially be the best contest radio available. That is why I have spent $4500 to acquire one. I wouldn't waste words on the majority of radios in the marke
Do you think the Kilovac relay is going bad or? What does the reeed relay do? I have one and it looks a little tricky to install and was wondering if it was more likely the cause than the Kilovac or?
reliable operation. It has nothing to do with PTT: Be sure, I'll not use a PTT for CW contesting, I only have two hands, one for the PC, one for the keyer, that's all...)<< If I understand, you seem
second. It seems to me that this line provides all the timing that is necessary to key external equipment and protect it from a transmit signal. Am I missing something?<< Yep, about half of the calls
OK, I rest my case and I am going back to contesting school. What do we have here, IBM telling us to use chicklet keyboard, because it is better for us? Market will be the ultimate judge. Customer an
card supply two independent outputs? One for PTT and the other to the radio key line? << You are getting there. It is not card, but computer ports wired to control radios, besides other things, we us
than specs, facts, data or anything else about a given transceiver.<< and.... changed with the Orion. We've done this on purpose, just as we have with each Ten-Tec transceiver that's come before it.
I said "in important specs" and nothing about K2 for contesting. Implying that radio doesn't have to cost $3.6k in order to have good RF characteristics, ARRL reviews place Orion and K2 neck and neck