[TenTec] New Orion Update

[Duane A Calvin]

No, I didn't think to try that, Toby.  I usually go for the attenuators
first since they're fast and easy.  If I catch them on again this evening
before the end of the contest, I'll try what you suggest.

        73,  Duane


On Sun, 5 Dec 2004 14:46:48 -0500 "Toby Pennington"
<toby423 at earthlink.net> writes:
> Duane, did you try the new RF Gain on the Orion for that signal?  
> That 
> should have worked really good.   Toby W4CAK
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Duane A Calvin" <ac5aa at juno.com>
> To: <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 2:10 PM
> Subject: [TenTec] New Orion Update
> 
> 
> > The RF signal handling on strong signals definitely has issues in 
> the new
> > update.  Last night, K5NA on 160m measured S9+35 on the S meter, 
> and the
> > tone was completely missing on his CW signal - I had to kick in 
> all 18 dB
> > of attenuator before some of it started to return, and even then 
> the
> > front end was not doing well on the RX.  Hopefully this is just 
> an
> > accidentally twiddled setting when they were doing the updates 
> because
> > other things seem to work well so far.
> >
> >        73,  Duane
> >
> >
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Duane Calvin, AC5AA
Austin, Texas

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