Re: [TenTec] Noise and ORION II

["Bob McGraw - K4TAX" <RMcGraw@Blomand.net>]

Depending on band conditions and antenna efficiency {not antenna gain}, a RF 
Gain value of 60 may be too high.  With a 1/2 wave resonant antenna on 160M 
and 75M and to some extent,  I run the RF gain in the 30's.  On 10M & 12M 
more RF gain is required due to the fact the antenna captures less signal.
73
Bob, K4TAX






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> > I find the NR of the ORION II poor. To my ear the noise of the Orion II
> > in SSB is very aggressiv and the NR ist unusable while not doing
> > much to reduce the noise. I am setting AGC and RFGain. I must
> > reduce the RF-Gain to "60", while the bands are too noisy. This is
> > my subjective opinion.