I too tried my old Autek QF-1A on the Orion II. It
was mandatory on my old Kenwood. However it did not
seem to really help with the Orion. I do feel some
audio filtering would help but I am hesistant to buy
an aftermarket product without solid recommendations.
73,
John NA9U
--- RaySoifer@cs.com wrote:
> In a message dated 2/17/06 11:12:21 PM GMT Standard
> Time,
> robert.chortek@berliner.com writes:
> > Has anyone out there in Ten Tec Land added an
> audio peak filter to their
> > Orion. That is one of the features that is really
> useful on the
> > FT1000D. Can one be easily added to the Orion in
> some fashion?
> >
> I've tried my old Autek QF-1 audio filter, which can
> narrow down to 30 Hz,
> but frankly I find the O2's DSP noise reduction to
> be far more useful in pulling
> weak signals out of the noise. A clear case of new
> technology beating the
> old. The receiver in my FT-102, which is comparable
> to the FT-1000D (the same
> designer did both, etc.) is very good, especially
> with the 250 Hz roofing and
> 2nd IF filters in place of the stock Yaesu 500 Hz
> ones, but the O2 is
> significantly better.
>
> 73,
>
> Ray W2RS
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