[TenTec] SSB recieve audio?

[Robert & Linda McGraw K4TAX]

See, that radio produces 3rd and 5th order distortion products.  These sound 
good musically to the ears.  The solid state ones produce 2nd and 4th order 
products which sound gritty.

73
Bob, K4TAX


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From: "holladayfd" <holladayfd at multipro.com>
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Subject: Re: [TenTec] SSB recieve audio?


> I'll keep my OLD National NC-183 with it's PP 6V6's and a big output
> transformer.  It even sounds good with AM music.
> 73,
> Frank, K4VMO
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert & Linda McGraw K4TAX" <RMcGraw at Blomand.Net>
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2005 9:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] SSB recieve audio?
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>
>> 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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