[TenTec] Orion - Work in Progress - Part 1

[Tommy]

John is to be congratulated for taking the time to write such a 
lengthy and detailed description of what works at John's QTH. As we 
all should know, what works at one QTH, does not necessiarly work at 
another QTH. The primary problem of RFI is basically caused to two 
things, one is having the ends of an antenna (the high voltage 
point) directly over your radio, and the second is having some 
multiple of odd quarter-wave length feedline (the high voltage 
point) coming into your shack.

Before anyone goes to the expense and labor of installing exactly 
what works fine at John's QTH, I urge you to open your Orion 
operators manual and read the first column on page 5, titled "A Word 
About Grounding".

PolyPhaser, a known authority on grounding and protection, do not 
entirely agree with John's recommendations.

I'm not sure why John is referring to the Orion and Jupiter as an 
SDR, as they certainly are not.

Tom - W4BQF

"So you have enemies?
Good.
That means you have stood up for something,
sometime in your life."
--Sir Winston Churchill--

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Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 11:44 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Orion - Work in Progress - Part 1


>
> Skip I understand you frustration with the Orion.
> My frustration with SDR's began with the purchase of the Jupiter 
> about 3
> years ago.
>