Thank you Duane.....several others have now responded that they are
experiencing the same thing. Sounds like some coupling is taking place.
73 John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Duane Calvin" <ac5aa1@gmail.com>
To: "'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 6:51 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Need help from an Orion owner......
> John,
> My Orion 1 exhibits what you describe - I have nothing connected to
> Ant 2, but if I switch from Ant 1 with a signal on it to Ant 2, I can
> still
> hear the signal, though faintly, from the Ant 1 input (or some common
> coupling.) I attribute it to the high gain of the Orion, but it could
> also
> be a lack of strenuous isolation between the two positions. Gauging by
> the
> S-meter, an S+ signal goes to something that doesn't move the S-meter, but
> can be copied when the ant selection is changed. I can't believe others
> are
> not hearing this - I have not owned a rig in years (TT, ICOM, KW) that
> didn't exhibit this kind of behavior (not that one doesn't exist).
>
> 73, Duane
>
> Duane Calvin, AC5AA
> Austin, Texas
> www.ac5aa.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]
> On Behalf Of fraz1
> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 6:43 PM
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Need help from an Orion owner......
>
> Duane....please explain a tad more. As I mentioned, I can switch from
> ANT1
> on the front panel to ANT2 on the front panel while having the only
> antenna
> on ANT1 on the rear panel. When switching between ANT1 and ANT2 on the
> front panel I can hear in both positions. The other three responses I
> have
> received cannot. I don't believe there should be any coupling between the
> two switch positions.
>
> 73 John
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Duane Calvin" <ac5aa1@gmail.com>
> To: "'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'" <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 6:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Need help from an Orion owner......
>
>
>>I can do the same with only the ground side of the antenna connected at
>>the
>> 238B antenna tuner. The Orion has a lot of gain, and often I can copy
>> signals with nothing connected to the antenna port at all.
>>
>> 73, Duane
>>
>> Duane Calvin, AC5AA
>> Austin, Texas
>> www.ac5aa.com
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com
>> [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]
>> On Behalf Of John
>> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 4:52 PM
>> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
>> Subject: [TenTec] Need help from an Orion owner......
>>
>> Hi folks.....
>>
>> Can someone please see if they have ANY coupling when between ANT1 and
>> ANT2
>> positions on the FRONT panel?
>>
>> I find that with only one antenna, connected only to the rear panel ANT1
>> SO
>> 239, I can read signals in either the ANT1 or ANT2 front panel positions.
>> Obviously, the signal is MUCH stronger when front panel is set for ANT1.
>> But, I can still fully copy the signal when using front panel position
>> ANT2.
>>
>> What do you find, please?
>>
>> Thanks much for any help.........
>>
>> 73 John K4NP
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