[TenTec] SSB recieve audio?

Grant Youngman nq5t at comcast.net
Sat May 28 23:14:52 EDT 2005


 
> I'll keep my vintage 1963 Collins 75S-3B with the Collins 2.1 
> kHz mechanical filter.  Comparing the ICOM, Kenwood, Yaesu 
> and Orion, it makes them all sound bad.  Great audio comes 
> from tubes.  As to IM from BC stations, there isn't any.
> 
> 73
> Bob, K4TAX
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "denton" <denton at oregontrail.net>
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2005 5:27 PM
> Subject: [TenTec] SSB recieve audio?
> 
> 
> > Wonder how the Orion's SSB audio sounds compared to an Omni VI??
> > For some reason, to my ears, my FT990 seems to sound better 
> than my Omni 
> > VI
> > on ssb.
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "John L Merrill" <jmerrill1 at adelphia.net>
> > To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2005 2:51 PM
> > Subject: Re: [TenTec] Propm RX
> >
> >
> >>I have an R4A I've been repairing here on the bench and 
> with the same
> >> speaker, it sounds better than the Orion :-).
> >>
> >> John N1JM
> >>
> >> Grant Youngman wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>I agree. The receive audio is lousey on the Orion.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Maybe you just need a decent speaker.  Or perhaps your 
> inner ear needs
> >>> some
> >>> work :-)
> >>>
> >>> The Orion has excellent SSB receive audio, as good or 
> better than any HF
> >>> rig
> >>> I've used (many, new and old), and generally requires 
> little in the way
> >>> of
> >>> receive EQ.  I do much prefer it with a little more than the usual
> >>> bandwidth
> >>> (say around 3 Khz or so), but that's no different than 
> most radios which
> >>> sound like cr*p at the typical narrow bandwidths everyone 
> want to use.
> >>>
> >>> Of course, it would benefit greatly from a pair of P-P 
> 6V6's in the
> >>> output
> >>> stage, but I doubt that's in the plan :-)
> >>>
> >>> Grant/NQ5T
> >>>
> >>>
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