[Orion] KC1XX joins Orion Cult

[Jan Erik Holm]

  Agree a 100%, however it will take quite a bit of
  time before those "monster radios" are gone from
  the ham bands.
  Well, no issue then when you can adjust CW rise and
  fall.
  Don?t get me wrong, the ones I?ve heard didn?t click
  much, just a sligth bit.
  Might be that if you set it 100% click free keying
  gets too soft.
  It?s an interesting radio, still thinking about
  getting one, the only thing that bugs me is the
  100W transmitter.

  73 Jim SM2EKM
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> 
> 
> ac5e at comcast.net wrote:
> 
>> Yes, you can set the CW rise and fall times. I suspect a few Orion 
>> owners have set their CW Rise/Fall at less than the 5 ms that's stock. 
>> 7 to 10 ms seems to make the Orion "click proof" although 60 WPM code 
>> suffers a bit.
>> I for one will be glad when the key clicks and the worst of "brand 
>> Y's" phase noise disappears from the bands. While the phase noise is 
>> nearly as good as packet cluster at times, it's also sometimes hard 
>> copying a DX station listening "up 1" through the phase noise from a 
>> multitude of hiss boxes. He might as well work simplex as close split.
>> 73  Pete Allen  AC5E
>>
>>
>>
>>> Well, yes and no. While it doesn?t click as much as the
>>> Yaesu keyclick monsters the Orion still has some keyclicks.
>>> Why is that? Got surprised when I heard it.
>>> Don?t remember but can you set the rise and fall time of
>>> the keyed envelope?
>>> It clicks on the "break side" so that one seems a bit too
>>> fast.
>>>
>>> 73 Jim SM2EKM
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>>>
>>> Bill Tippett wrote:
>>>
>>>> KC1XX wrote:
>>>> >"It was also a good opportunity to battle-test a couple new TenTec
>>>> Orion's.  The verdict:  despite a few hiccups, the Orion sets the 
>>>> new standard
>>>> in contest radios."
>>>>
>>>> http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/3830/2004-02/msg00956.html
>>>>
>>>> ...and KC1XX knows a few things about contests!
>>>>
>>>> http://www.kc1xx.com
>>>>
>>>>        This probably marks the beginning of the end of contest 
>>>> dominance
>>>> by Brand Y...good riddance to their clicks!
>>>>
>>>> 73,  Bill  W4ZV