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Re: [Orion] KC1XX joins Orion Cult

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Subject: Re: [Orion] KC1XX joins Orion Cult
From: Jan Erik Holm <sm2ekm@telia.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 19:31:40 +0100
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Agree a 100%, however it will take quite a bit of time before those "monster radios" are gone from the ham bands. Well, no issue then when you can adjust CW rise and fall. Don?t get me wrong, the ones I?ve heard didn?t click much, just a sligth bit. Might be that if you set it 100% click free keying gets too soft. It?s an interesting radio, still thinking about getting one, the only thing that bugs me is the 100W transmitter.

 73 Jim SM2EKM
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ac5e@comcast.net wrote:

Yes, you can set the CW rise and fall times. I suspect a few Orion owners have set their CW Rise/Fall at less than the 5 ms that's stock. 7 to 10 ms seems to make the Orion "click proof" although 60 WPM code suffers a bit.
I for one will be glad when the key clicks and the worst of "brand Y's" phase noise disappears from the bands. While the phase noise is nearly as good as packet cluster at times, it's also sometimes hard copying a DX station listening "up 1" through the phase noise from a multitude of hiss boxes. He might as well work simplex as close split.
73 Pete Allen AC5E




Well, yes and no. While it doesn?t click as much as the
Yaesu keyclick monsters the Orion still has some keyclicks.
Why is that? Got surprised when I heard it.
Don?t remember but can you set the rise and fall time of
the keyed envelope?
It clicks on the "break side" so that one seems a bit too
fast.

73 Jim SM2EKM
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Bill Tippett wrote:

KC1XX wrote:
>"It was also a good opportunity to battle-test a couple new TenTec
Orion's. The verdict: despite a few hiccups, the Orion sets the new standard
in contest radios."


http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/3830/2004-02/msg00956.html

...and KC1XX knows a few things about contests!

http://www.kc1xx.com

This probably marks the beginning of the end of contest dominance
by Brand Y...good riddance to their clicks!


73, Bill W4ZV





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