[TenTec] Orion reset

[W9MWS at aol.com]

Toby,

What is the W5GI mystery antenna ... I don't remember seeing anything about it.  I have a Carolina Windom 160 up now and it is pretty good.  I should put my beverages back up but it's too cold out there right now!

thanks

73, Mike W9MWS
Fort Wayne, IN

In a message dated 1/19/2005 11:00:17 AM Eastern Standard Time, "Toby Pennington" <toby423 at earthlink.net> writes:

>It's interesting that a couple are finding the Orion receiver to be noisy.
>I find the Orion to be very quiet at my shack and since I have installed the
>W5GI Mystery antenna in place of my Carloina Windom I find it to be even
>quieter.  On 80 meters from 1 to 2 s units quieter with no loss of
>transmitted signal on the other end as far as I can tell.  So I totally do
>not understand the posts about noise unless there is something new going on
>with the newer Orions. I have a first production run Orion.
>
>Also, lately I havent experienced any receiver crashes while running the
>sweep in cw mode. So I am wondering if this has been fixed.  Anyone else
>experiencing this lately?
>
>If you run the RFgain at lets say 50% or so, then the NR when engaged takes
>the
>rf gain back up to 100% even though the display says 50%.  It was explained
>to me that there has to be some noise for the NR to work and with the RF
>gain down that low there is nothing (on my rig no noise at all) for it to
>work with. Again,  the noise reports are puzzling to me.
>
>Toby   W4CAK
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "George" <w2yj at highstream.net>
>To: <tentec at contesting.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 8:37 AM
>Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion reset
>
>
>> Duane;
>> I sent John a note concerning the Orion and my opinions. I don't like to
>> post my opinions on the reflector and get bashed!!!
>> I told him that I was only mildly satisfied with my Orion. I've had it for
>2
>> months now and I still find the background noise annoying as compared to
>my
>> 746Pro. I was also disappointed in the scope and had heard that those
>having
>> keying troubles were told to turn off the scope. Not enough processing
>> time????
>> The NR seems useless to me, the screen isn't like my 756ProII. I run open
>> wire feeders right into the shack and I get what I deserve HI. The rig
>goes
>> into a "funny mode" when I run 1KW. I have to turn it off then back on.
>> There is only one serial output on the Orion, I need 2, one to my computer
>> and one to my StepIR beam controller.
>> George
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Duane A Calvin" <ac5aa at juno.com>
>> To: <tentec at contesting.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 12:44 AM
>> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion reset
>>
>>
>> > He's up in the Panhandle...  He's welcome to stop my my place and play
>> > with my Orion if he ever gets to Austin!
>> >
>> >        73,  Duane
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 20:05:37 -0500 "Steve N4LQ" <n4lq at iglou.com> writes:
>> >> Where are you John? Your callsign?
>> >>
>> >> Steve N4LQ
>> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> >> From: "John Webb" <w5jmw at cableone.net>
>> >> To: <tentec at contesting.com>
>> >> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 7:25 PM
>> >> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion reset
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> >I was planning on ordering an Orion in a few days.NOW,you all have
>> >> me
>> >> > scared.It is a toss-up between the pro-3 and the orion.LIFE is so
>> >>
>> >> > confussing,hi...john
>> >> > ----- Original Message ----- 
>> >> > From: "Steve N4LQ" <n4lq at iglou.com>
>> >> > To: <tentec at contesting.com>
>> >> > Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 6:12 PM
>> >> > Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion reset
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >> John:
>> >> >> thanks for the info on those ferrites. I just ordered a bag.
>> >> >> Steve N4LQ
>> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> >> >> From: "Robert Carroll" <rlcarroll at patmedia.net>
>> >> >> To: <tentec at contesting.com>
>> >> >> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 6:09 PM
>> >> >> Subject: RE: [TenTec] Orion reset
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
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