Re: [TenTec] Noise blanker recommendations

["Rodney" <w3krq@dejazzd.com>]

Yes the orion 2 has good noise reducing I got sold my Orion 2 and bought 
Kenwood and Yaesu what a mistake . I now got another Orion 2.   73 Rod
-----Original Message----- 
From: John Geiger
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2017 12:21 PM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Noise blanker recommendations

Thanks Bernie,  Do they affect receiver performance much when engaged,
other than reducing the noise?

73 John AF5CC

On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 11:03 AM, Bernie Skoch via TenTec <
tentec@contesting.com> wrote:

> John,
>
>
> I have never seen a PERFECT noise blanker, but the one on my Orion II
> comes close.  It has both "hardware" and software settings, and the DSP is
> pretty decent too.
>
>
> Best of luck.
>
>
> Bernie K5XS
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Geiger <af5cc2@gmail.com>
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Mon, Oct 23, 2017 10:49 am
> Subject: [TenTec] Noise blanker recommendations
>
> I was making a rather serious (given my small antennas) effort today in 
> the
> Illinois QSO Party and had to deal with this intermittent noise I have 
> here
> for pretty much the entire contest.  It is a raspy, hash type noise that
> will be on for 2 or 3 seconds, then will end, but come back every 20 to 30
> seconds.  I  have figured out it is not in my house, and doesn't seem to 
> be
> power line noise.  At one time I thought I had localized it to a house
> about 4 houses to the west of me, but the house is now unoccupied, but the
> noise is still there.
>
> Anyways, I was using the Kenwood TS950SD which I just picked up, and it is
> a great rig with lots of receiver tools.  The noise blanker pretty much
> knocked out the noise, but it also produced plenty of IMD products when 
> the
> band got busy and put a raspy sound on many of the signals, so I was 
> having
> to turn the NB off and on trying to make the signals as best as I could
> with this noise.  Even engaged the attenuator a few times on 40m which
> helped a little, but also weakened signals.
>
> I have had a slight windfall recently and can afford to get a newer, 
> better
> rig if I want.  Are there any recent Ten Tecs that have noise blankers 
> that
> take out many different types of noise, but don't mess with the receive
> signals and receiver dynamic range?  I wonder if the DSP based noise
> blankers are better?  An older rig would be ok also if it would meet those
> criteria.
>
> 73 John AF5CC
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