That's good to note that 2.062a works so well under contest conditions.
I'll pass that on to the rig's owner, N6CT.
BTW, we ran 3A at W6KB with a 4-element Steppir at 55', a 2-element Steppir
at 55', and 2-element "shorty forty" at 60', inverted V's on each 75 and 80
meters, and a Butternut vertical on 80/40 with radials right in the San
Francisco Bay water, all looking over the water to the east. Played real
nice!
Ron N6IE
www.N6IE.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl Moreschi" <n4py@arrl.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 12:19 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion at Field Day
> Both my Omni VII and Orion were used at field day. Each radio made about
> 1000 QSO's. They both performed flawlessly and handled the excessive QRM
> beautifully. 80 percent of our QSO's were made on CW. We had 2 dipoles
> each for 80, 40 and 20 meters. We used the 40 meter dipoles also on 15
> meters. We were at a site with a 120 foot fire tower. So we used the
> fire
> tower to support most of the dipoles. We had 2 dipoles for each band at
> right angles to each other. We did this to avoid the null off the end of
> the dipoles. I would call CQ on an east-west dipole and stay with that
> antenna until I did not get an answer to a CQ then switch to the other.
> This technique caused us to be on the best antenna favoring the
> propagation
> direction at all times.
>
> My Orion had firmware 2.062a in at and performed perfectly.
>
> Carl Moreschi N4PY
> 121 Little Bell Drive
> Bell Mountain
> Hays, NC 28635
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