It's especially good on 160. I've got an avid contester about two miles
from me who puts in an actual measured, honest S9+50 dB signal on 160. I
can generally work without hearing him if I'm > 3 kHz away, but the more
filtering, the more it helps!
Ron N6IE
www.N6IE.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "John" <fraz1@bellsouth.net>
To: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>; "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment"
<tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 12:57 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Experience with 300 HZ filter in Orion II?
> Thanks Ron....that's what I was looking for. It probably also drops the
> noise a tad for that weak signal stuff on 160.
>
> I found I was using the 250 Hz in my Orion even with the insertion loss.
> It
> allowed for less noise than the 600 Hz INRAD in the 1 Khz slot.
>
> 73 John K4NP
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 2:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Experience with 300 HZ filter in Orion II?
>
>
>> John: I have both in my OII, but the 300 Hz is the one I use the most.
>> In
>> the contest this past weekend, I found myself running the DSP at 200 Hz
>> under the 300 Hz filter. I can hear the difference when I change BW from
>> 300 Hz using the 300 Hz filter and 310, which forces the 600 Hz filter.
>> If
>> you contest a lot, the 300 Hz filter is worth the investment.
>>
>> Ron N6IE
>> www.N6IE.com
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "John" <fraz1@bellsouth.net>
>> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 10:12 AM
>> Subject: [TenTec] Experience with 300 HZ filter in Orion II?
>>
>>
>>>I have the 600 Hz filter installed. Anyone have good experience with the
>>>300 vs 600?
>>>
>>> 73 John K4NP fraz1 at bellsouth.net
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