William: For gosh sakes, don?t let these guys influence you on joining what is a great fraternity! I?ve been a ham for almost 50 years, and hold Amateur Extra Class license. Hams are some of my best
I recently acquired a 6N2 and agree with your observations, but I also noted that the receiver sensitivity on two meters was low compared to my other ricebox receivers. I sent it back to Ten-Tec for
Agreed, but I live in a fringe area (50-60 mi. from repeaters), so rather than invest in beam/rotator, I opted for the preamp/amp solution. Of course one could use one's ricebox, but I prefer the Ten
Not all of us work DX or contests all the time. With my Orion II and Studio Heil Mike I use the following settings: Mic gain 50 Sp OFF (Sounds slightly better off, but with SP at 2 - 3, I reduce Mic
Thanks, Scott. Fine article. I'd like to see the rice box manufactures match that service. Scott K4VWK -- Original Message -- From: "Ten-Tec Inc. Amateur Radio Sales" <sales@tentec.com> Reply-To: Dis
I had an Orion I and traded for an Orion II mainly for differences in the roofing filters setup, firmware differences (at that time) and future support potential. Arguably, these may or may not be su
MFJ also sells roller inductors and other individual parts from their antenna tuners. Scott K4VWK -- Original Message -- From: Randy Russe3ll <lord_russell53@yahoo.com> Reply-To: Discussion of Ten-Te
I also get excellent reports on my Orion II audio. I use the Studio One Heil mike. My settings are: TX EQ -15 LF Rolloff -180 Mic 40 SP 2 TX Bandwidth 2850 These seem to be in the same ballpark. Scot
Sure. I said this on a prior post, but I reached these settings by plugging in a tape recorder to the Orion II monitor jack and went through a variety of settings of everything. Then played them back
I have a still-in-the-box-brand-new 219 filter just received from Ten-Tec. This was a warranty replacement for a defective 219 filter that was in my Orion I, which was traded for an Orion II, and is
I have received nothing but compliments on my tx audio using Orion II and Studio One mike. As with almost everything else with the Orion II, it takes some study and care setting it up. I plugged a ca
Sure! Settings for "Normal" Speech Processor 2 Mic Gain 37 Tx Eq -20 TX Filter Width 2850 Hz L.F. Rollofff 210 Hz For "DX" Speech Processor 4 Mic Gain 37 Tx Eq -20 TX Filter Width 2700 Hz L.F. Rollof
Remember that is for the Studio One mike, which has an enormous bass response. Scott -- Original Message -- From: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net> Reply-To: Ron Castro <ronc@sonic.net>,Discussion of Ten
I run mine through the wall with two pieces of RG-8 coax WITHOUT the shield. Spacing is same as balanced line and uses two separate holes. Scott K4VWK -- Original Message -- From: "NJ0IP" <Rick@DJ0IP
The only complaint I have is the documentation in the manual is kinda skimpy for digital modes. I did find out on the Programer's site the settings for the RS232 port. If anyone is interested they ar
For those interested or awaiting theirs, my Orion II arrived today. It was ordered 12/22/05. Now to pack up the Orion I and send it back to Ten-Tec, change my mike connector to an 8 pin, and all the
Mine was delivered to my office in perfect condx and signature WAS required. I suspect this is the difference between Business and Residential delivery with UPS. Scott K4VWK -- Original Message -- Fr
Bob: I also have an Orion II and Centurion. I tune the Centurion to resonance using the Orion TUNE button. I then use a monitor scope with triangle pattern to adjust the Centurion Load control and Or