Rick: I have used a couple of "generic" no-name USB-serial converters and they seem to work fine with the Orion II as well as with various other radio and devices. I buy the cheapest ones I can find
I have never seen any difference in performance of the radio with the scope on or off, and like you, I don't find it all that useful. That may be because I have never had a radio with a band scope be
IIRC normal conversation is around 60-70 dB. Sixth-row center at a live concert with 50 unamplified musicians reaches around 100-106 dB during their loudest passages. I remember hearing that the band
Rich: What did you find better about the TT pair than the ICOMS? Also...does your girlfriend have a sister? Never mind...just kidding! Ron Castro Chief Technical Officer Results Radio, LLC N6IE www.N
The TS-870 was reviewed in QST in the February, 1996 edition. The Kachina 505DSP was reviewed in May, 1998. The 756 Pro in June, 2000. The first receiver-only radio with DSP IF that I can recall was
I just glanced over the new ARRL review of the IC-7800 to compare it to the Orion II. Although they have improved on the 5 kHz blocking numbers, the 'up-conversion' scheme results in very little impr
I just read a post on another reflector from someone who spoke to the TT factory this week. He was told that the hardware for the Orion II external display monitor has been completed and they are now
And please don't forget the key-click mod! It probably doesn't cost much, but the older V's were known for the problem. Ron N6IE www.N6IE.com (Formerly N6AHA) K5WK/7: FT-1000 Mark V (200w) for $1700
The whole v.2 AM receive detection algorithm needs to be looked at. On the O2, it sounds very distorted to me. Nowhere near as good as my TS-870 or KWM-380. Ron N6IE www.N6IE.com (Formerly N6AHA) Sin
I have a Bird 43 with a 100 Watt slug in line and it shows exactly 100 Watts out on my O2 as adjusted from the factory. That being said, measuring power with a high degree of accuracy (better than +-
Paul: Congratulations on a milestone! I'm still one of the new guys--only 44 years licensed, from the age when all of our licenses were stamped with the name 'Ben F. Waple'. Ron N6IE www.N6IE.com (Fo
Why not? The purpose of any auction is to ascertain the fair market value of an item. If you restrict the market, you defeat the purpose of the auction. As a Ten Tec equipment owner, I want to know a
I noticed that too. The "opening" seems to be a different width and at different places at different times, usually centered to the left of the "0". I don't know why. Ron N6IE www.N6IE.com (Formerly
That is the line I assumed Bernie was referring to also, and it still remains a mystery! I am sitting here trying to change it, and sometimes and can and then, I can't make it change again. It looks
One of the items on my "wish list" for the Orion II is to fix the AM receive audio, which sounds to me like a problem in the DSP code that causes distortion and 'muddy' sound. It's most noticeable du
The EQ settings were flat on both radios. Actually, there is no receive EQ setting in the TS-870, and the receive EQ on the O2 V.2.037j does not work on AM. Each receiver was fed to a Behringer UB120
The interesting thing about all of this is that on the Orion II AM stations sound substantially better in SSB (same 3 kHz audio BW) than they do in AM! I still think there is a DSP problem in the AM
The standard 20 kHz roofing filter would work fairly well if incorporated with a 12 kHz DSP filter. Ron Castro Chief Technical Officer Results Radio, LLC N6IE www.N6IE.com (Formerly N6AHA) I haven't
I listened to the audio clip, but I wasn't sure which radio was which. It sounded like you switched back and forth a few times during the recording. To help with the comparison, you might want to lis
I got a nice e-mail from Jack Burchfield at Ten Tec about the AM distortion problem. He listened to my recording and agreed that the Orion II didn't sound as good as it should, and explained that the