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[TenTec] Orion/O2 Drift Problem-who is interested in a fix?

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Subject: [TenTec] Orion/O2 Drift Problem-who is interested in a fix?
From: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>
Reply-to: Ron Castro <ronc@sonic.net>,Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 22:21:29 -0800
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I exchanged e-mails this week with one of the new owners of INRAD with a 
suggestion about marketing an low-drift OCXO mod to fix the warm-up drift 
problem on the Orions and Orion II's, and he wants to know what level of 
interest there might be in such a product.  The stock radios drift about 20 Hz 
(15 MHz WWV) in the first 10 minutes, then very slowly correct themselves to 
the starting point over a period of about 3 hours, plus they tend to drift with 
shack temperature.  I often hear Orions on the air, especially on the TT Sunday 
net, and very often they are 20 Hz low in frequency.  The fan mod on my website 
mitigates the problem to some degree, but it's only a band-aid.

In my opinion, a mod like this would simple (a direct replacement of the 
existing 4-pin TCXO) and would be a welcomed improvement that would make the 
radio function better as well as bring a higher resale value, much the way many 
of the other fine INRAD after-market mods do.

If you have even a remote interest in this mod I would like to hear from you, 
either here or off-list!  Note that I have no connection with INRAD or Ten Tec 
other than being a customer.

      Ron N6IE
  ron@n6ie.com
 www.N6IE.com
(Formerly N6AHA)
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