[TenTec] N1eu Orion static Redux!

[n4lq]

Yes of course I adjusted the "threshold". I spent hours fiddling with 
all the agc adjustments. I even followed the detailed instructions 
someone seems to have dedicated their life to and posted on some web 
site. How come the Omni VI's agc works fine without all those 
adjustments anyway?
N4LQ

-----Original Message-----
From: "NJ0IP" <Rick at DJ0IP.de>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 12:30:02 -0800
Subject: RE: [TenTec] N1eu Orion static  Redux!

> Steve, did you adjust the threshold?
> 
> I used my Orion is a thunderstorm during the IOTA contest last summer
> and
> compared it to the TS-850.  After adjusting the AGC, it was fantastic,
> hearing things while the 850's AGC was recovering.
> 
> Some have suggested I should have turned down the RF gain on the 850.
> Was too late to try it.
> 
> 73
> Rick
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
> On Behalf Of n4lq
> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 4:22 AM
> To: tentec at contesting.com
> Subject: RE: [TenTec] N1eu Orion static Redux!
> 
> Barry:
> One thing that bothered me about the Orion was how the agc responded to
> static. I've noticed this characteristic in a few other receivers where
> a burst of static tends to totally mute the receiver and blip out a cw 
> character. I had a TS-570 which did the exact same thing. I tend to 
> blame it on an overactive agc. At first I thought I could juggle the
> agc 
> parameters, decreasing the attack and decay time, but nothing 
> seems to help. At the time I had the Orion, I was comparing it with a 
> PROII. The PROII did not react to static the same way. My Omni VI's agc
> seems to almost ignore static and the cw comes right on through. 
> So I really don't know what to call this phenomena. Don't get me wrong.
> The Orion's agc does a good job of keeping the audio level on an even 
> keel and it doesn't have any problems with overshoot but it just seems 
> to over react. 
> 
> 
> N4LQ Steve 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: n1eu at netscape.net (Barry N1EU)
> To: tentec at contesting.com
> Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 06:35:48 -0500
> Subject: RE: [TenTec] Binaural (Stereo) CW Redux!
> 
> > n1eu at netscape.net (Barry N1EU) wrote:
> > 
> > >I still think the Orion could do a better job with the basics of
> weak
> > signal reception.
> > 
> > Apologies, but I really should have qualified this statement.  I've
> > posted before about my own comparisons that showed the Orion gives up
> > nothing to the FT-1000D in this regard.  The Orion is as good as the
> > competition, I just wish it were as superior in this respect as it is
> > in close-in selectivity/IM immunity.  I've yet to see dsp of any
> flavor
> > by any manufacturer as a consistent advantage in reading weak cw
> > signals in noise, but I'm hopeful that it's just a matter of time
> till
> > we have more powerful processing and smarter firmware algorithms.
> > 
> > 73,
> > Barry N1EU
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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