[TenTec] Orion--K2--706 & SSB

[Dave Edwards]

But then again, I bet my TS520 sounds better than the orion on
SSB...certainly my KWM2A does!
I don't look at all those specs either. The value of the rig is in small
features.
How easy is it to program and send from cw memory?
How easy is it to hook up to computer and sound card?
How smooth does that tuning knob spin?
I would give up a lot of the fancy features to have a heavy, big flywheel
tuning knob!
How specs compare as a result of ARRL's disection is nice reading, and one
would hope that
a multi-thousand dollar radio shows competitive numbers, but if you have to
pop open the cabinet to get at some user control (side tone volume or
vox-delay for example) .....those are things
that I notice.
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Subject: [TenTec] Orion--K2--706 & SSB


> Hello, Well first of all, I wouldn't buy an IC706MkIIG as I found out they
> say in the manual not to operate the rig below +14 deg.F and several
friends
> have had problems with them here in the Rocky Mountain winters. It may be
a fine
> rig in Miami Beach, FL. But not stout enough for WY.
>
> Second, for SSB ops, ( yes, SSB is actually a mode..:-) Orion has much
better
> recieve audio than the K2 from what I've read / heard. You can blather on
all
> you like about IP2, T.O.I. etc. but in the real world, one of the most
> important user interfaces, especially on SSB is how well a rig sounds
audio wise.
> comparing K2 to Orion audio wise is the same as comparing an Omni 6+ to a
TS870
> IC756PII etc. Not that the Omni is bad, it's just communications grade
audio.
> The fuller and richer the audio (While staying 2.8Kc's wide or less, not
> 3-4kc's wide like the Wi-Fi SSB spectrum hogs) the easier it is for me to
> understand the weak ones. 73.
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