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Re: [TenTec] Orion 2 Noise Blanker Question

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion 2 Noise Blanker Question
From: MadScientist1948 <dukeshifi@comcast.net>
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Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 20:55:35 -0500
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If your band scope produces peaks that air near saturation, you have a problem 
that would not be corrected easily by an adjustment. 

I have an O2 with the latest firmware and it does not have this issue.

First, do both reset processes and see what happens.

Gary

> On Jun 20, 2018, at 8:08 PM, jon greenwood via TenTec <tentec@contesting.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> I have 2 Orion's 565 and 566. Both have the latest firmware updates V3. The 
> 566 has the rx366 sub rx. The Orion has the standard sub rx. The Hardware 
> noise blanker on the Orion works great. On the Orion 2 when the hardware 
> noise blanker is on it messes up the rx in the main. Strong nearby signals 
> even 20k away can modulate noise. I have read up on this in the Yahoo group 
> and seems like it may have been due to the latest firmware update. Others 
> comments seem to indicate that not to be true. One thing I notice is the RX 
> on the Orion2 seems to be very strong. The sweep function is almost useless 
> as everything reads high across the "bandscope" On my Orion the sweep is much 
> lower even to the point of being lower than one would think it should be but 
> the signals then are well above the noise and easy to pick out. It is almost 
> like the rx in the Orion 2 is to "hot" thus causing the noise blanker issue. 
> Same antenna's same settings etc. 
> 
> Is anyone aware of an alignment procedure to adjust or set the receive signal 
> strength in the Orion2? That would be my only gripe on these great rigs is 
> the lack of a good service manual. Or any other thoughts on a trouble 
> shooting path. 
> 
> Jon n8mus
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