[TenTec] Orion II - Initial Reactions and Impressions

[Jim Bobo]

Roland Guidry wrote:

>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.
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>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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I noticed the same with my SMeter. If you turn off the preamp then it 
will read correctly

73, Jim, W5ODD