[CQ-Contest] More on Orion de W4PA

[Kenneth E. Harker]

On Fri, May 09, 2003 at 08:20:46AM -0700, Scott R. wrote:

> >I find the following verbatim quote from Ten-Tec's website *very* >
> >misleading:
> 
> >'"Instant Two Radio Mode" allows ORION to instantly QSY between two
> >different bands. Two linear amplifiers, two sets of accessory devices
> >via dual band data outputs and two antennas can optionally be
> >connected to ORION to allow instantaneous QSY (useful for seeking out
> >and working stations on one band during a contest while CQing on a
> >different band, for example).'
> 
> >If that's not a description of SO2R, I don't know what is (and I do
> >quite a bit of SO2R myself.) If both receivers are muted during
> >transmit, I don't see how you can say that the radio will let you seek
> >out stations (i.e., receive them) on one band while CQing (i.e.,
> >transmitting) on another band.

I agree.  I've only barely dabbled in SO2R myself, and I think the quoted 
paragraph is *very* misleading if both receivers mute on transmit.  The 
whole point of having a second radio is to be able to listen to another 
band _while transmitting_.

> Focusing on whether the opposite receiver mutes is losing sight of
> everything else this radio has for contesting, period (not just SO2R).

This doesn't change the fact that Ten-Tec marketing is promising a "two 
radio mode" that doesn't really exist in the radio the way it is described.  
Sorta makes me wonder what else there is to discover...

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