John, Thank you for your comment. I was using the OMNI VI(option 3) and a/b tested it significantly with the K2. For the record the OMNI was better than my prior radios. I have carefully evaluated th
Hi Mark, Glad to see that you got an Orion and are putting it through it's paces. Mine came in the first round and I have noted many of the same things you have encountered. I assume you are using th
I have an original manual on the way. Thanks to all who responded to my request. I had several responses within a few minutes of my posting. Wow! Mahalo, John KH7T
This silliness about evaluating a receiver with an unterminated (infinite impedance) input has gone far enough. Why do I care about garbage that may be picked up with an unterminated front end on a t
I found that on my OMNI VI + mod 3, I was easily able to hear a beat note between the TCXO and the carrier of 10 MHz WWV. I used Spectrogram to sort things out and make sure that I was beating to the
Jim, OUCH! True but nasty. George will now have to try to recover. Watch out. I think an interesting alternative approach is a Tayloe quadrature mixer direct to the A/D and DSP. It seems to have exce
Mark, I am driving from London to Sevierville either Thursday or Early Friday.. However, I will not be returning to London. I am planning to return only to Cincinnati on Monday. I was going to sight
For Sale: OMNI VI plus (Model 563 with Factory Upgrade Option 3) Includes two optional filters: model 285, 500 Hz model IRC 751, 250 Hz Includes TenTec 301 remote tuning Knob and Computer cable with
The reason that many of the "other" radios have built in tuners is so that the bipolar amplifiers could be made ot work into a reasonable 3 to 1 SWR range without folding back power. Many of these ea
I think Carl's statement about fold back vs bias reduction is a better explanation than mine. In any case, the TenTec method for the OMNI VI preserves the finals and does not cause distortion like so
When I tuned the RX320 to 10 meters 26.580MHz (the frequency the P5 was operating on) I noticed a strong signal on 147.15 repeater frequency. The signal in my jpole up 70 ft was strong enough to inte
I am interested in finding a used Ten-Tec 2 meter to 20 meter transverter. If you have one you do not need, let me know the condition and price. Aloha, John KH7T
I was told by TenTec to contact Heil when I had this problem last year. My original microphone purchased with my Orion, was replaced by Heil in November 2003 because of the same paint problem. Now th
Lets not forget that if the strong signal is on one side you can sneak up on him using pass band tuning and the very sharp skirt of the 1 kHz. filter combined with the DSP filter with the optimal ban
With my Orion 2.054 upgrade, the headphone audio can be reliably killed by the following procedure. Place the sub receiver in AM mode. Make sure T and R are on the main vfo, any frequency, any mode.
I guess I do not know what the problem is. Most of the data shown so far do not say if Sub is connected to the ANT or not. My data is consistent with expectations and I also get similar data using bo
If price were no object, I would buy both, put an equal amount into the antenna system and hire someone to maintain the property so I could spend all my time experimenting and on the air. If I merely
Put me in the I love my Orion camp because it has the best receiver I can get. I never thought I would get sucked into the AM discussion. But I hooked up the dummy load, 2 different power meters in s
Thank you Grant for the excellent table comparing the NR performance in the V1.37x and v2 firmware. I was in the process of deciding which version of 1.37x to return to. I do not have the luxury of a