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Re: [TenTec] My new ORION

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] My new ORION
From: "Grant Youngman" <nq5t@comcast.net>
Reply-to: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 14:15:42 -0500
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> My Orion in comparison at 100Hz position of DSP filter 
> is more like 300Hz wide-not as good but OK.

The real difference will become immediately apparent the next time you run
into a situation on the 7800 where a strong signal 1Khz away mucks up your
ability to copy a weak CW signal regardless of how narrow the DSP bandwidth
is.

> So, I just hope that distortion of strong signals will be 
> eliminated (doesn't exist in other DSP radios). 

I've read with interest all of the discussion of this issue.  I have yet to
experience any case of a high level signal causing distorted output, at 9+35
or anywhere  -- but of course I haven't found a signal around here that has
bent the S-meter yet, either, although on 75 meters at night there are some
VERY strong signals :-)

If this is indeed an "adjustment" in the radio, then maybe T-T will provide
some guidance on RF-Squared about how to solve the problem.  Maybe I just
got lucky.

> what is needed I wish that all the buttons like NR, NB, 
> RFgain,MIC gain,Comp etc. could be used differently. Now is 
> more like going from one to another and then back.
> That should be easy to implement.

The real question is, what do you mean by "used differently"?  It seems that
every buyer wants to re-engineer the radio in some way or other (and
everyone seems to have different hot "buttons", so to speak).  Perhaps a
larger front panel with another dozen knobs :-)

Grant/NQ5T


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