[TenTec] Basic question

[NJ0IP]

Don't you lose the S-meter when you do that?

Is the TS-850 then less sensitive than the Orion or is the AGC also
desensitising the Orion?

73
Rick

-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Sinisa Hristov
Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 3:11 AM
To: tentec at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Basic question


NJ0IP wrote:

> We first adjusted the AGC threshold pretty high (can't remember the
setting)
> until the background noise decreased significantly.  This made an
> unbelievable improvement.  We compared it to the TS-850.  The 850 also
> showed S-7 on the meter and sounded just as the Orion had sounded before
the
> AGC adjustment.  There was nothing we could tweak on the 850 to improve
the
> sound.


You could have reduced RF gain "until the background noise decreased
significantly".


73,

Sinisa  YT1NT, VA3TTN
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