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Re: [TenTec] limited Orion reviews?

To: tentec@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TenTec] limited Orion reviews?
From: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>
Reply-to: tentec@contesting.com
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2003 07:41:34 -0400
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AA4NU wrote:

>AC5E is a good guy ... but he's still "in love" there
with the new gal <rig> and is temporarily blinded. B-)

I doubt he's blind...but this will surely make anyone without an Orion relatively deaf:

Close In IMD Dynamic Range at 5 kHz Signal Spacing
(ARRL Lab Results, Preamp off on 20M):

Rig                           IMDDR3

Ten-Tec Orion                  101*
Elecraft K2                     88
Ten-Tec Omni 6+                 86
Yaesu FT-1000MP                 83
ICOM IC-756 Pro                 80
Yaesu FT-1000MP Mark V          78
ICOM IC-775DSP                  77
ICOM IC-756 Pro II              76
ICOM IC-706 MkII G              74
Yaesu FT-1000MP Field           73
Kenwood TS-570D                 72
ICOM IC-756                     67

*Ten-Tec spec not yet verified by ARRL.

73,  Bill  W4ZV




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