[TenTec] Orion II - Initial Reactions and Impressions

[Roland Guidry]

Mike, thanks for that bit of wisdom. With the PreAmp off, registered just a
hair over S9, good enough!

73, HNY

Roland, NA5Q



-----Original Message-----
From: Mike K9UW [mailto:k9uw at wi-net.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 8:19 AM
To: na5q at w5ddl.org
Subject: Fwd: [TenTec] Orion II - Initial Reactions and Impressions



Good morning, Roland!



Is there a chance that the receiver's PreAmp is engaged?  I expereienced a
similar issue with my Orion I when it arrived but I found the Pre-

Amp was on by default.  Once the PreAmp was shut off, the meter produced
more accurate readings.



73 and enjoy your new rig!



de Mike, K9UW

Amherst, WI



----- Original Message ----- 

From: 'Roland Guidry' <na5q at w5ddl.org>

To: <tentec at contesting.com>

Sent: Wed Dec 28  6:57

Subject: Fwd: [TenTec]  Orion II - Initial Reactions and Impressions





The Orion II #135 arrived yesterday by UPS. Box was slightly damaged in one

corner, but all contents were ok. Got a little worried, but when I got all

hooked up, everything worked ok. This is my first Orion so I am learning how

to use it. Audio check last night was great and cw too! I bought this radio

for contesting and ragchewing on cw, rtty and ssb.



One problem I have noticed is the S Meter is not calibrated properly. All

signals that should be S9 read 20+ db. I checked the meter against a signal

of 50 uV and it read a little over 20 db, when it should have read s9. I

have emailed tentec service on how to correct this. Otherwise, everyone is

enjoying a nice signal report on my side Hi!



More to come when I get to play with it more!



Roland, NA5Q



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