[TenTec] K2/100, Orion review

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All the Orion's I have worked have been very clean and pleasant copy. There does seem to be a tendency to keep the weighting close to the factory setting, which makes for even better copy. 

On the transmit side I have had several DX stations take time to ask about what rig I was using and make extremely complementary remarks about the keying. And a few rude commments about other rigs. 

I keep the weight at 100%, since I don't have a "ground wave" CW op to compare notes with. The stock settings sound very good, I don't know what I would get if I played with the weighting and slope so I don't bother. 

And since I don't know how the keying slopes and weighting on the ARRL's test rig were set I don't feel well enough informed to make any further comment. Other than the Elcraft writeup was done by an experienced builder - and I have made my thoughts known about that in the past. 

73 Pete Allen  AC5E







> I was looking at the K2/100 QST review that was just
> published at
> http://www.arrl.org/members-only/prodrev/pdf/pr0402.pdf
> and also looking at the Orion review.  I noticed
> something that I overlooked when I first read the
> Orion review and that I haven't seen mentioned.  The
> Orion seemed to exhibit cw element shortening, which I
> only noticed when looking at the fuller K2 waveform
> next to it.
> 
> Just wondering if anyone has noticed Orion keying
> sounding light and if this occurs only in qsk (or not
> at all in reality)?  Based on the Orion contest
> results alone, I find it hard to believe the
> shortening in the published keying waveform.
>  
> 73 & happy holidays,
> Barry N1EU
> 
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