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161. [TenTec] S-meter and RF Gain (score: 1): Author: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>; Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 15:35:15 -0500; N1EU: - I'll always just use my ear. I feel the same about zero-beating but some like a visual indicator. It doesn't matter to me much one way or the other but I don't see the downside to having the; /archives//html/TenTec/2006-02/msg00287.html (7,664 bytes)
162. [TenTec] S-meter and RF Gain (score: 1): Author: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>; Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 15:50:36 -0500; NQ5T: does this is because T-T bowed to much user complaining and/or confusion about Threshold, and somewhere along the line (don't recall which release) tied Threshold and RF Gain together. Unless I; /archives//html/TenTec/2006-02/msg00291.html (9,218 bytes)
163. [TenTec] S meter and RF gain (score: 1): Author: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>; Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 18:17:01 -0500; <<< With the new RF gain S meter interaction, the S meter is always correct if the signal is above the RF gain setting>>> precisely my point, if the signal is NOT above the rf gain setting then NO s; /archives//html/TenTec/2006-02/msg00301.html (8,177 bytes)
164. [TenTec] hearing the ocean (score: 1): Author: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>; Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 09:42:06 -0500; Before you throw it in the ocean, try turning RF Gain down until the noise drops. This is exactly the point I was making before about users not setting RF Gain correctly and complaining "My Orion is; /archives//html/TenTec/2006-02/msg00356.html (6,923 bytes)
165. [TenTec] Ocean noise (score: 1): Author: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>; Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 15:49:25 -0500; side by side with no antenna the Orion has much more internal noise. I think it is just a fact of life. Guys, especially those of you new to Orion whether original or O2, please read this! 1. Orion's; /archives//html/TenTec/2006-02/msg00374.html (8,129 bytes)
166. [TenTec] TenTec] Ocean noise (score: 1): Author: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>; Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 06:59:00 -0500; <Anyone still want to argue that using the S-meter to set RF Gain (which includes AGC Threshold) is a bad idea? <No--but a question. Using this method how does one adjust the AGC threshold setting in; /archives//html/TenTec/2006-02/msg00457.html (7,949 bytes)
167. [TenTec] Orion - Inrad 762 vs Orion II - TT 2001 (score: 1): Author: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>; Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 09:48:07 -0500; will not physically plug into the Orion II because they are a different size. I actually made an adapter to use the 762 filter in my OII. With some patience, I was able to do this and it is working f; /archives//html/TenTec/2006-02/msg00783.html (8,750 bytes)
168. [TenTec] Orion II Frequency Stability Progress (score: 1): Author: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>; Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 09:09:18 -0500; N6AHA: temperature control, including keeping the area warm even when the radio is off, or using a crystal oven ...or simply leaving the power on continuously. I previously worked at HP where we some; /archives//html/TenTec/2006-02/msg00927.html (8,117 bytes)
169. [TenTec] QST AD (score: 1): Author: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>; Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 17:50:45 -0500; K4IA" only place you can get the ugly side of things is by reading the comments on eHam and they are not very scientific. Don't read QST or eHam reviews. Learn to read ARRL's Expanded Test Reports. T; /archives//html/TenTec/2006-02/msg00991.html (7,143 bytes)
170. [TenTec] Using Inrad 762 (Orion only) (score: 1): Author: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>; Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 09:57:59 -0500; W7TEA: 1khz filter in that slot and the 762 in the 1khz slot. WB5HAK: do you still have to "enable" them in the menu? First a few facts: 1. The Inrad 762 is actually ~640 Hz BW. 2. The stock TT 1000; /archives//html/TenTec/2006-02/msg01031.html (8,849 bytes)
171. [TenTec] Orion II Filter Scheme (score: 1): Author: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>; Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 11:56:37 -0500; WB5HAK: newer filters as well, needing to put them in different slots?? No Don. The Orion II fixed the problem by using all 4-pole filters, the same IF and no following amplifier. So they all should; /archives//html/TenTec/2006-02/msg01040.html (7,620 bytes)
172. [TenTec] Filter for SAle (score: 1): Author: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>; Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2006 11:53:20 -0500; W9MWS: filter is a 600 Hz roofing filter and was sold as a kit originally. It now comes pre-assembled in a "canned" version as #763 for the Orion. Almost correct Mike. It's now sold as Inrad #762 and; /archives//html/TenTec/2006-01/msg00042.html (8,160 bytes)
173. [TenTec] Filter for SAle (score: 1): Author: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>; Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2006 12:45:41 -0500; W9OY: 9.001500 MHz (same as first bank in original Orion) a way that it would work with the O2. If this is the case, is it possible to trick out the new O2 filters to fit in one of the old 1st filter; /archives//html/TenTec/2006-01/msg00044.html (7,689 bytes)
174. [TenTec] Radio Science + QSK = Radar (score: 1): Author: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>; Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2006 14:23:22 -0500; transmissions. These occur on certain azimuth bearings at certain times of day, most often to the SE, which is over water until hitting S. Africa or Antarctica from here. I've seen this from 20 M to; /archives//html/TenTec/2006-01/msg00052.html (7,689 bytes)
175. [TenTec] O2 versus Orion (score: 1): Author: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>; Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2006 09:40:09 -0500; Only you can decide if the II is worth the ~$1700 difference (no tuner) between a used Orion and a new O2. Ten-Tec's words follow with my **comments**: ** What is new about the ORION II ? Super brig; /archives//html/TenTec/2006-01/msg00311.html (11,446 bytes)
176. [TenTec] [Orion] O2 versus Orion (score: 1): Author: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>; Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2006 13:51:17 -0500; beats as long as the two tones are close in amplitude. What you actually hear is the phase between the two tones gradually changing, not the frequency of the beat note. In this manner you can get muc; /archives//html/TenTec/2006-01/msg00325.html (7,711 bytes)
177. [TenTec] Paragon Phase Noise problem (score: 1): Author: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>; Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 07:00:07 -0500; "Poor phase noise not withstanding, the early PLLs did offer a few advantages. Excellent frequency stability without temperature compensation, broadband "general coverage" tuning, and remote computer; /archives//html/TenTec/2006-01/msg00639.html (8,000 bytes)
178. [TenTec] monitor on the Orion I (score: 1): Author: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>; Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 10:05:12 -0500; 7506 headphones in and select monitor at 100%. Listening to someone through the headphones, I have the AF set at about 25%. However, when I talk (and want to listen to my own audio), I have to turn; /archives//html/TenTec/2006-01/msg00712.html (7,520 bytes)
179. [TenTec] Orion II tuning questions (score: 1): Author: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>; Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 06:42:25 -0500; step rates from 1 Hz to 100 kHz can be selected. That would give a tuning rate of 2.56 kHz per turn with 10 Hz steps, which is the largest I like to use for most operating. That's correct but there i; /archives//html/TenTec/2006-01/msg00879.html (9,352 bytes)
180. [TenTec] Orion II tuning questions (score: 1): Author: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>; Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 06:47:21 -0500; I should have added I am using the original Orion, not O2. They should be mechanically identical and processor speed for tuning is not an issue for either one. 73, Bill W4ZV; /archives//html/TenTec/2006-01/msg00880.html (6,857 bytes)

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