Folks, may we have a brief discussion of the relative merits of the Omni VII and the Orion? Am thinking of one or the other and would like some input. Thanks and 73, Mike W2IY _______________________
I have had both check Sherwood testing, Orion test is better has 2 reciever Folks, may we have a brief discussion of the relative merits of the Omni VII and the Orion? Am thinking of one or the other
Author: Byron Cordes via TenTec <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2018 22:43:05 -0600
I think you are comparing two deferent radio designs,up conversion Omni ll and down conversion The Orion. The Omni ll is more like the Japan manufacturers of the 1980-90s . The Orion turned the manuf
What's wrong with using the Orion stock subreceiver for general coverage reception? Barry N1EU _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.c
Almost all of Rob Sherwood's test reviews are posted on my web site, here: http://www.dj0ip.de/sherwood-forest/sherwood-xcvr-tests/ I have the OM7 and O2, but I don't have a test of the O1. 73, Rick,
NOTHING, it is a good receiver, even here in our harsh European bands. Very few users actually operate the radio in a way that they could even tell a difference. Oh, I nearly forgot; there is one dif
Indeed, absolutely nothing. My 565 Orion was my main radio for about 6 or 7 years and there are still things about it I miss on the K3 that replaced it. Chasing dx pileups I never found the standard
My two cents: I have had a dozen Orions and maybe 5 Orion 2s. I buy them, repair them, use them for a while to enjoy them, test them then sell them. The Orion radios are VERY easy to service (all but
Author: Byron Cordes via TenTec <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2018 10:47:12 -0600
Nothing wrong with the stock second rx for general rx in the Orion but do you really want one in your contest quality Ham Radio ? I think Henry was trying to say you cant cover all the frequency with
That seems a bit harsh. I was a serious contester in a previous life and used that stock second receiver all the time from 2004-2008. Yes, the stock subreceiver had some issues with very strong signa
Gary, If I send you the A9 board that I mangled trying to replace electrolytics can you repair it for your going rate and return it? Is your qrz.com address OK? Thanks, Stan, W4AG My two cents: I hav
Yes to both questions! Gary _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
The Orion (565) was never ever tested with the optional INRAD 600Hz filter (designed by W4ZV) . This 4-pole crystal is the perfect roofing filter with minimal Group Delay. 6 or 8-pole filtering, use
Great comments Mark! For many years I was very active on 160M cw and I found that the Orion, Orion II and RX366 receivers differed somewhat in their ability to handle s9++ signals, which were encount
Tnx, Still own 3 TT ORIONs here: - Old 2002 version, recently acquired(swapped for my OII), heavily used (has at least different PCB circuit tracks around the DC power input) using fw 1.375b - New bo
You noted some very interesting filter characteristics regarding the Orion transceivers, Mark. One thing you mention is that the DSP filters may have skirts that are too steep, leading to other artif
Hi Kim, Yes, on my SDR Perseus I have lowered them to the minimal value (32) to make it perform better. For the ORION that is not necessary. However, I did experiment with taps on the OII a bit. You
I still have an Orion and I still like it a lot, even though it's not without its faults and could have used more development. With regard to the filter taps it is unfortunate that when set to anythi
Just to be clear on this; the ORION does not require lowering the filter taps setting at all. First its basic filtershape at 199 is already perfectly analog-like round shaped (see my previous weblink
Hi, I just used Spectrogram 14 fed with line audio to the pC sound card. I get the same shape you do at 300Hz and at 100Hz similar. In SSB at 2700Hz bandwidth its a different story, very steep skirts