- 1. [TenTec] New Orion Questions (score: 1)
- Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Thu Aug 7 07:15:00 2003
- 1) Filter Shape: From the discussion that Doug Smith gave at last year's TT hamfest, I thought that the filter shapes would be adjustable, something like Icom's sharp vs. soft filters. I find no ment
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-08/msg00121.html (7,762 bytes)
- 2. [TenTec] Topband: Earl's Evaluation (score: 1)
- Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Tue Jul 1 18:13:23 2003
- W8JI posted this on the Topband reflector and asked that it be forwarded to other reflectors. If you want to reply to Tom individually, please do so at W8JI"at"contesting.com and replace the "at" wit
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-07/msg00025.html (8,972 bytes)
- 3. [TenTec] Orion receiver optimization doc (score: 1)
- Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Thu Jul 3 14:26:21 2003
- Relative to the Orion discussion several days ago, here is the info Scott W4PA promised. Even if you don't have an Orion, there is a lot of interesting info about how to use some of the technology wh
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-07/msg00106.html (8,454 bytes)
- 4. [TenTec] Product Reviews (score: 1)
- Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Sun Jul 6 19:32:36 2003
- likelihood is very high that an Icom IC-756PRO2 or an IC-746PRO will play directly out of the box with all advertised features working to spec and will continue to do so without requiring any mods, u
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-07/msg00200.html (9,782 bytes)
- 5. [TenTec] Product Reviews (score: 1)
- Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Sun Jul 6 20:31:23 2003
- While I'm on my soapbox, here's another thing that some companies (NOT TenTec) are guilty of...misleading marketing hype: "Announcing the IC-7800! At the 2003 Hamvention ICOM America proudly introduc
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-07/msg00201.html (9,444 bytes)
- 6. [TenTec] Argo V Purchase (score: 1)
- Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Mon Jul 21 07:27:27 2003
- Hi George! Doubtlessly, the roofing filters improve the ORION performance - the coming ARRL Labs tests will quantify this. But owners of the RX-340, Pegasus and Jupiter and now the Argo, all with IF-
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-07/msg00581.html (9,765 bytes)
- 7. [TenTec] A/B Testing Flame Wars (score: 1)
- Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Wed Jun 25 16:31:54 2003
- following this discussion and is vitally interested. active dialogue taking place with one of the Big Three Japanese transceiver manufacturers? Very well said Pete! Without naming names: 1. Which Big
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-06/msg00774.html (8,521 bytes)
- 8. [TenTec] Orion Questions (score: 1)
- Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Mon May 5 06:58:15 2003
- Hello All! I've ordered an Orion from the third production run which should be delivered in June and have a few questions: 1. I see Inrad is having a 10% off filter sale in May, and am considering th
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-05/msg00074.html (9,065 bytes)
- 9. [TenTec] Hello Orion Users (score: 1)
- Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Mon May 5 11:09:49 2003
- VE1BN: for the stock Orion? Don, none are required, but the Ten-Tec 217, 218 and 219 are options to the Orion: http://www.tentec.com/HFxcvrStore.htm Unless you are doing serious contesting, I tend to
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-05/msg00084.html (9,894 bytes)
- 10. [TenTec] Hello Orion Users (score: 1)
- Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Mon May 5 17:07:01 2003
- Carl, I've had cascaded 250 Hz filters in my MP for over 6 years and I find I seldom use them. 250 Hz is too narrow, especially in contests, because you will miss many guys who call +/- 500 Hz from y
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-05/msg00095.html (11,589 bytes)
- 11. [TenTec] Hello Orion Users (score: 1)
- Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Mon May 5 19:00:26 2003
- I beg to differ Carl...from page 52 of the Orion manual: From A3, cable 11 brings the IF signal to the 9-MHz IF (A4), where the hardware noise blanker operates in a wideband environment. Cables 14A a
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-05/msg00098.html (9,712 bytes)
- 12. [TenTec] Hello Orion Users (score: 1)
- Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Mon May 5 19:22:55 2003
- Ten Tec manual: recovered audio travels through the Motherboard to the headphone jack audio frequency (AF): The <../dir-004/_0527.htm>band of frequencies (approximately 20 Hz to 20 kHz) that, when tr
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-05/msg00101.html (8,825 bytes)
- 13. [TenTec] Hello Orion Users (score: 1)
- Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Mon May 5 20:42:03 2003
- This discussion of semantics is missing the point. The point of this discussion was at what frequency/IF stage the DSP filter operates. The Orion/Main RX has 3 IF's at 9 MHz, 450 kHz and 14 kHz. My p
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-05/msg00104.html (10,130 bytes)
- 14. [TenTec] Hello Orion Users (score: 1)
- Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Tue May 6 07:28:39 2003
- N4PY: 1 filter shape factor before. Which reminds me, does anyone know if the shape factor can be changed? There are times when you might like to do that and it should be simple with DSP...i.e. a wid
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-05/msg00124.html (8,877 bytes)
- 15. [TenTec] Orion Filters (score: 1)
- Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Wed May 7 07:59:01 2003
- Hi Carl! I'm surprised at the variation in shape factors at very low bandwidths and believe you are seeing the combined effect of cascading the DSP filter with the roofing filter. Otherwise, I can th
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-05/msg00152.html (8,401 bytes)
- 16. [TenTec] Orion Filters (score: 1)
- Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Wed May 7 09:05:53 2003
- Interesting! I would not have expected the shape factors to vary as much as they are. They must be doing this intentionally, perhaps to avoid ringing at the narrower CW bandwidths. I'll copy this to
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-05/msg00155.html (7,565 bytes)
- 17. [TenTec] Orion Filters (score: 1)
- Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Wed May 7 09:34:42 2003
- Hi again Carl! You don't by any chance happen to have Ten Tec's 500 Hz filter do you? Would be very interested to see what you notice about it. I'm still considering whether to order any optional fil
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-05/msg00156.html (7,673 bytes)
- 18. [TenTec] Orion SWR protection (score: 1)
- Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Fri May 9 05:33:49 2003
- From Model 565 ORION Specifications at the front of the .pdf manual: GENERAL: Rated RF Load: 50 ohms nominal, 2.0:1 maximum SWR. TRANSMITTER: Power output: ALC Adjustable 5-100 W, ? 1 dB. and a clue
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-05/msg00232.html (7,586 bytes)
- 19. [TenTec] Ten Tec Filter Plots (score: 1)
- Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Sun May 11 22:33:34 2003
- Has anyone ever made actual 6/60 dB plots of Ten Tec 217, 218 and 219 filters? Or does anyone know if they can be found anywhere on a webpage? I need the filter plots as standalone devices... ...not
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-05/msg00295.html (6,574 bytes)
- 20. [TenTec] IC-7800 (score: 1)
- Author: btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)
- Date: Sat May 17 09:33:09 2003
- The only spec that caught my eye was: "+40dBm ultra high intercept point ", but they neglect to say what signal spacing or with what attenuation this is specified for. More info here: http://www.qsl.
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-05/msg00531.html (8,986 bytes)
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