[TenTec] TT Listening ?/ Orion

[Greg Hodsdon]

Carter:
Your comments about proper shielding and RFI immunity are very
appropriate.  If TenTec follows their practice of the engineering that
went into the RX-340 the Orion will have no such problems.

Greg, K7KJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carter Grabarczyk" <k8vt@ameritech.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 9:00 AM
Subject: [TenTec] TT Listening ?/ Orion


> Preamble/Disclaimer:
> 
> Before you turn on your flame throwers, I love TT and have been a
> (mostly-see below) happy owner of an Omni VI+ (Option 3) and Centurion
> since 1994 and will most likely upgrade to the Orion.
> 
> 
> When building the new $3300 Orion, please, Please, PUH-LEZE spend
> another five bucks for a handful of .001 bypass caps, rf chokes and
> ferrite beads.
> NO RFI issues please. Yes, I have a bit of RF in the shack and no, I
> can't change the location of the antenna without buying a new lot and
> house. (Other radios work here in the same RF environment with no rfi
> problems, why not TT?)
> 
> While we are on the subject, hopefully the synthesizer board will be
> designed properly- wide ground traces on the board, bypass capacitors,
> ferrite beads and other fixes already discussed here so we can avoid the
> "birdie issue".
> 
> Sorry to be a grouch and bring this up, but both issues have been an
> on-going topic on this reflector for quite some time and no one else has
> put it on their Orion wish list. It seems that NOW would be the time to
> address these potential problems,  BEFORE the assembly line gets cranked
> up to full speed...
> 
> **See paragraph (1) above**
> 
> A loyal TT fan/owner,
> 
> 73/Carter/K8VT
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