[TenTec] Some Observations on Orion Stability/Calibration

Eric F. Richards efricha at dimensional.com
Wed Jun 4 15:35:04 EDT 2003


At 09:35 AM 6/4/2003 -1000, you wrote:
>Oh,  what the heck.  With a $3900 Ten Tec rcvr (340)
>and about $3600 in my Orion,  whats another $350 for
>frequency accuracy?  Have called the supplier and placed
>an order for the hp standard,  the antenna,  and power
>supply.

I still think it would've made an interesting "parlor trick"
to try the WWVH standard... along the lines of an antenna-powered
regen receiver: not very useful but interesting nonetheless.

(I live just a few miles away from the Ft. Collins WWV transmitters,
and I made my choice too...)

--
Eric F. Richards
efricha at dimensional.com
"The weird part is that I can feel productive even when I'm doomed."
  - Dilbert



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