[TenTec] New Orion II owner

[Dennis OConnor]

As an O2 owner of a few weeks and a couple of contests, look in the manual... Scott has an excellent chapter for new users...

What I suggest <really old ham used to using real junk> is turn the AGC OFF, turn the RF gain down, setting depends upon band but 70 is a start, set the audio at mid scale (headphones) and adjust the RF gain so signals are comfortable...  Leave the Noise Reduction (NR) OFF and tune around a bit...  Then start with NR at 1, and try it, increase the NR in steps of 1... It won't take but a few minutes for you to decide what you like...  And it doesn't matter what anyone else likes...  After you have a feel for it, then play with the AGC speeds, etc...

Basically, I like for the noise level to be low with the signals rising up out of near silence as you tune across them... ymmv...  For me this works best with minimal RF Gain, no AGC, and light to moderate NR... Actually I use the RF Gain as my volume control...

A tip when reading the forums is watch closely which Orion is being discussed The O1 is different from the OII... And the firmware version... OII Firmware before 2037j is a different kettle of fish and will not apply directly to you unless you load the earlier firmware..

Have fun with a great receiver...

denny / k8do

 	
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