[TenTec] Orion issues

[Rob Atkinson, K5UJ]

<<<Many contesters spend tens of thousands on towers and antennas to be able 
to work one more layer of weak stations underneath the noise. The Orion's 
ability to dig these stations out in the presence of strong signals is a 
bargain. Even a 4-stack can't do that!>>>

What's implied here, I imagine unintentionally, is that if you get an Orion, 
you can do without really excellent antennas.  Before someone runs out to 
get an Orion instead of a high performance yagi up high on a tower, and 
thinks the Orion is equalizing things, let me say that antennas, always 
always trump everything else if you have the cash and the space.  You gotta 
get a signal before the fancy stuff inside can do anything.   Given a choice 
between a dipole and an Orion, or a Scout and a rhombic farm or rotatable 
dipole curtain, I'll take the latter any day.   An extreme example for 
illustrative purposes.

Rob Atkinson
K5UJ

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