What's "wrong" is that they haven't done it. If TT offered a good OCXO
option at a reasonable price, that would be fine. The TCXO they use is
disappointing compared some other rigs - like the IC-7000.
If INRAD would offer a < 1 ppm product at $50, I would buy. If it was
$100, maybe...
If you want warm-up stability, you want the oven to be energized
continuously, even when the Orion power is off, e.g., from a stand-by
power source or from Orion power ahead of the power switch. And of
course, a stable OCXO also needs to be accurate.
Even better would be an option to lock to an external 10 MHz standard,
which I already have on hand. This would appeal especially to
UHF/microwave operators. It is easy to do in principle, but phase noise
could be a problem.
73 Martin AA6E
George wrote:
What's wrong with Ten Tec addressing this drift problem in the Orion's???
George W2YJ
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