Well, I never thought that I would post a message to rebut (sort of) a
glowing report on the K2.
My K2 is the best receiver I have had and does A/B better that my OMNI VI.
But the my ORION is slightly better than the K2 in digging out the weak
one next door to the local KW. The major benefit is how quiet the band
sounds in between signals in a pile up.
Granted, there are more opportunities to not have the ORION optimally
adjusted.
So congratulations on having a super K2 and sorry that your ORION
performed poorly for you.
I am looking forward to field day with both on the table and working
with WIN-EQF,
And congratulations to TEN-TEC for honoring their 30 day full refund.
Both are definitely keepers and I am spoiled for any thing else.
Aloha,
John KH7T
k6se@juno.com wrote:
>My Ten-Tec Orion arrived about a month ago and I posted my initial
>impressions, mostly favorable, on this refelctor a few days afterwards.
>
>I had not tested that radio at that time for my main criterion in what I
>want out of a receiver, which is its ability to dig weak CW signals out
>of the noise, mainly on 160-meters. When I A/B'd the Orion with my
>FT-1000MP and Elecraft K2, it did not come close to those two radios in
>the ability to dig the weak ones out of the noise on CW. This was a
>major disappointment, therefore the Orion has been returned to Ten-Tec
>for a refund. A number of other dislikes I had about the Orion also
>influenced my decision.
>
>The K2 and FT-1000MP compare about equally on digging weak CW signals out
>of the noise on 160m, but the MP has the edge on 10m. I expect that the
>new DSP (KDSP2) module that I ordered for the K2 will improve it in this
>respect.
>
>The K2 has had its growing pains and over a year ago when I built the
>radio I complained bitterly about its temperature drift problems.
>Elecraft has since developed mods for the K2 which have completely cured
>the drift problems the K2 had. This and other improvements in the radio
>(now included in all new K2 kits) have made the K2 truly a first-class
>radio.
>
>I took a lot of flak from died-in-the-wool Elecrafters whenever I
>complained about the radio, but Eric and Wayne (Elecraft
>owners/engineers) apparently took heed and did something about it. For
>fear that I get flak from died-in-the-wool Ten-Tec'ers who think that the
>Orion is God's gift to Ham Radio, I've chosen to not post this on their
>reflector.
>
>73, de Earl, K6SE
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