Doug Smith was a contract engineer who was the principal designer of the
Ten Tec Orion.
http://www.tentecwiki.org/webarchive/orion/
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On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 12:10 PM, lstoskopf@cox.net lstoskopf@cox.net <
lstoskopf@cox.net> wrote:
> Just remember that TT went to great lengths to have pure LOs. The Orion
> was a beast in making sure that the LO was as good as the time allowed.
> Wonder what engineers designed that. Never have heard the story. Don't
> expect some cheap DDS to do as well. It would be fun to compare a well
> built analog VFO to cheaper DDS as far as clean signals are important. Of
> course, your application may not require extreme close in performance and
> you will be perfectly happy. That's what this hobby is all about. N0UU
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