[TenTec] Orion in action

[Tommy]

Congrats on the big score...very nice work!
And yes, the Orion seems to be a very nice contest box!

And yes, there is some clipping on the first couple of dot on the Orion.
I've been trying for two weeks to get my weight set so that it's good at
both 20 wpm and 80 wpm, it sure is difficult to achieve. I'm using a PC
sound card to key my rigs, via an audio detector circuit. With a Corsair 2
and an Omni 6, this clipping problem is not evident, but it sure is on the
Orion, especially above about 35 wpm.  At speeds below 40 wpm, it does 'OK'
if you have the CW RISE/FALL set for, say, 8ms, but anything above about
60wpm, it just will not key unless you drop back to 3 ms Tr/Tf. Sure hope
that can soon be improved along with the split VFO operation CW operation
also.

Tom - W4BQF

>
> Qs - 2570, Mults - 574, Score 11,050,074
>
> The Orion performed flawlessly from my perspective.  The only concern I
> have is that post contest I've had a couple of folks tell me that there
> was noticeable clipping of character elements when I sent at high 30s -
> 40 wpm.  Looking back at some of the stuff in the archives that I missed
> while I was away, I see a note from Sinisa referring to this clipping
> problem.  I didn't find too much by way of follow up to that analysis
> though.  Sinisa's analysis and the comments I have received this weekend
> are consistent and certainly suggest some work is needed on this.
>
> Have I missed something?
>
> Bob, 5B4AGN, P3F
>