[TenTec] ORION LOW FRQUENCIES

Duane A Calvin ac5aa at juno.com
Wed Oct 5 23:18:22 EDT 2005


His question wasn't how to get it to tune there, but why did it sound
deaf there.  I haven't tried to tune down there, so I don't know what I
should be hearing if I were to do that.  Looks like I can't be of much
help.

        73,  Duane


On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 20:42:07 EDT CATFISHTWO at aol.com writes:
> the A vfo will only tune the ham bands ( bye the way to get 60 
> meters, push  
> in the 0 button on the keypad) 
>  
>  But the B vfo will go to .100.100 ( 100 kc's?) well below the AM  
> broadcast 
> band.  
>  
> just press in the button  ANT 1 SUB RX   upper left under  the TT 
> orion logo) 
> then turn up the volume on the sub af knob. 
>  
>  for listening to the swl bands, you can set the step to 5 kc's and  
> tune 
> them ( world wide broadcasts, like radio Taiwan)  like channels. 
>  
> remember to switch modes you need to push the SUB rx button( in 
> between the  
> vfos).  
>  
> and you can listen in AM mode or select USB or LSB  to get rid of 
> the  hash, 
> the orion is stable enough to do that.  hope this helps
>  
> this radio is amazing..
>  
> tom N6AJR
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Duane Calvin, AC5AA
Austin, Texas

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