Fw: [TenTec] Practicing with the Orion/XG-1 oscillator

[Bill Tippett]

W7KXB wrote:

 >Take a look at the following web site Don. Their XG-1 test oscillator
just might fill the bill for you.
<http://www.elecraft.com/mini_module_kits/mini_modules.htm>http://www.elecraft.com/mini_module_kits/mini_modules.htm

         The XG-1 puts out a 1 uV signal which is -107 dBm.
Orion's noise floor is around -133 dBm, so you need another
26 dB attenuation on the XG-1 output to get close to its
noise floor.

         For those learning to use Orion, I highly suggest the
following website which is much better than what is in the
new Orion manual, especially with regard to setting the AGC
properly for weak signals (pages 3-4).

http://www.geocities.com/va3ttn/UsingOrionRX.pdf

Hopefully Sinisa will update this one of these days!

                                         73,  Bill  W4ZV