[TenTec] RE: Orion Expanded Report

[Don Allen]

Art Searle wrote:

>>When the band gets *really* crowded with S9+40 signals,
>>are you honestly trying to pick out signals that don't
>>even move the S meter?
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>>
>
>I encounter S1 signals among S9+40 all of the time chasing
>DX doing narrow spits on CW with the DX being the less than
>S1 part and all of the calling stations being the over S9+40
>crowd.  I don't have an Orion; haven't decided whether I'm
>going to get one but I am going to upgrade my station for
>this very reason.
>
>When I'm trying to work some early morning DX from my
>bedroom station and the wife tells me to put on the
>headphones because it's to noisy she can't sleep and I'm
>already wearing them I figure it's time to upgrade my rig!
>Either that or I'm going to go deaf very soon.
>
>73 es Happy Holidays,
>
>Art
>W2NRA
>  
>
I envy all of you able to copy S1 signals, not because of great 
receivers but no power line noise, or other constant QRM.  I never have 
the dynamic range problem, as our local power utility always provides me 
with at least an S7 level line noise!  To their credit, they've been 
trying to locate the source, but so far no luck. 

All those able to test the limits of dynamic range and noise floor of 
your receivers, count your blessings.  Many of us in urban areas are not 
so fortunate . . .

Happy holidays to all on the Ten-Tec reflector.

73,
Don W9CW