[TenTec] Orion AVC

[John L Merrill]

On 2/8/2004 2:06:03 PM, tentec at contesting.com wrote:
> Recently I purchased a demo, model 565 Orion. Serial number 07C10473.
> If anyone recognizes this number please drop me an email as I would
> like to know why it was returned. UPS busted the box but, thank
> goodness, missed the transceiver. Initially I was disappointed in the
> way noise popped up between normal speech pauses in ssb reception.
> Then on removing the antenna I found excessive thermal noise. However
> after a long land line with a very knowledgeable ham, thanks Kirby, I
> found that the Threshold had to be set high on ssb. I have to set it
> at 191.48 on 75 to kill the noise background. My question is: Is this
> normal or has this Orion got a pain in it's innards ?
> 
> Bob, w5pvr
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Bob:
This is normal.

John N1JM