[TenTec] Bav. Cont. Club Review of Orion

[Rick Westerman]

Ron,

It would have been great to test against another high-end rig but
we didn't have one.
We had planned to test against a TS-850 (which is a very good
radio) but unfortunately the unit had been borrowed for use in
the WAG contest which also ran that weekend.

However, we did use the K2 for an apples-to-apples comparison and
I believe the ham radio community's consensus is that the K2 has
an excellent receiver.

73....Rick

-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Ron Martin
Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 4:01 PM
To: tentec at contesting.com
Subject: RE: [TenTec] Bav. Cont. Club Review of Orion


'A True Apples to Apples comparison?'  Regardless of the internal
configuration of the radios, the apple-to-apple comparison of two
different
rigs is the result that the operator listening to has to deal
with.

Maybe a better apples-to-apples comparison is to test with an
Icom 775DSP, a
Yaesu (or whatever they are called today) 1000MP, or a Kenwood
TS-2000/950.

Ron ..... NU1U

-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of Adam Farson
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 14:09
To: tentec at contesting.com
Subject: RE: [TenTec] Bav. Cont. Club Review of Orion

Hi John,

To quote the Bavarian Contest Club review verbatim:

"I used the IC-746 PRO for this comparison test because it has
the ability
to cascade two crystal filters."

"I set up the IC-746 PRO for 2.4 kHz bandwidth in each of its two
IF's (i.e.
two crystal filters cascaded)."

The IC-746Pro is a 100% DSP-based radio - the "little brother" of
the
IC-756Pro2. It does not have cascaded crystal filters as
described in the
above excerpts.

It is evident that the reviewer tested the Orion against a
conventional
IC-746. This is therefore not a true "apples-to-apples"
comparison.

Cheers for now, 73,
Adam VA7OJ/AB4OJ


-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of John Rippey
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 09:32
To: tentec at contesting.com
Subject: [TenTec] Bav. Cont. Club Review of Orion


A very helpful commentary. I think the reviewer may have used an
IC-746
rather than an IC-746PRO in his comparison because he talks about
cascaded
2.4 kHz SSB filters, something that is missing from the 746PRO.

I'm going to do my own modest experiment this weekend in the CW
contest,
using my trusty OMNI VI (Opt. 3) and my 746PRO with my Carolina
Windoms to
see which transceiver I like better under tough conditions. The
746PRO gives
you lots of filter options like the Argonaut and Pegasus/Jupiter
(not nearly
as many as the Orion), and also uses 15 kHz crystal roofing
filters.
We shall see . . .

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

73,
John, W3ULS


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