[TenTec] Orion Main- Sub-receiver differences

[Richard Detweiler]

I'll confirm this on the Main RX.

I also have the 250Hz filters. With a similar station very near I could get 
up within 300Hz of his signal and still make the DX contact,  Fortunately we 
are both friends and we were and he knew I was playing with him,  His Mk V 
just couldn't handle the overload.  Only thing the Orion picked up from him 
was his clicks and that was not detremental.

The Orion's RX will be a standard for some time to come.

73's
Rich
K5SF

>From: John Unger <w4au at verizon.net>
>Reply-To: tentec at contesting.com
>To: <tentec at contesting.com>
>Subject: [TenTec] Orion Main- Sub-receiver differences
>Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 7:10:06 -0600
>
>I happened to experience a big difference in the performance of the two 
>receivers in the Orion this weekend. Our club traditionally makes a 
>"serious" effort in the Virginia QSO Party every year, and a good friend of 
>mine, who lives about 500 meters from my house was also on the air. We 
>usually coexist pretty well sharing bands and modes and don't have any big 
>problems with with interference.
>
>Anyway, I was working 40 CW late Sunday afternoon, and things were slow (as 
>they tend to be in the VAQP). So I put the subreceiver on 80 CW (LCW, ~1200 
>Hz BP) to see if there was any activity there while still listening on 40. 
>Well, I could hear a couple of stations around 3550 kHz, but my friend was 
>operating down about 3540 and absolutely wiping out the these signals that 
>were ~10 kHz higher. To make a long story short, I switched the main 
>receiver over to 3550 (LCW, ~1000 Hz BP), and his signal completely 
>disappeared. I tuned down to 3540 just to be sure, and there he was at 
>S9+30, but only in the normal passband of the filter. Awesome.
>
>73 - John, W4AU
>
>
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