[TenTec] Ocean noise

[Sinisa Hristov]

"Chortek, Robert L" wrote:

> I have heard you need to reduce the gain but when you put both rigs side by side with no antenna the Orion has much moee internal noise.  I think it is just a fact of life.


There are two facts.

1. Default Orion gain is higher that default gain of FT1000.

2. Orion has flat audio response, while FT1000 rolls off from 1 kHz,
   reaching more than -10 dB at 2.7 kHz. This is the trick used
   on many Yaesu and Kenwood radios to make them sound "quiet".


73,

Sinisa  YT1NT, VE3EA