[TenTec] Orion Speech Compressors

[Ken Brown]

I find it strange that a radio which uses DSP directly from the IF for 
demodulation would use RF clipping or compression, or even analog audio 
compression. I would have thought that this would be done using DSP in 
the TX IF, or perhaps DSP on the TX audio before the balanced modulator. 
I would also expect the built in speech processing in a cutting edge 
technology, top of the line transceiver, to be so good that no 
improvement could be gained by using any outboard speech processor.

DE N6KB
> TT 234 speech processor.  I use it with my Orion and now my
> Orion II.  I do not use the speech processor in the Orion.  The thing I like
> about the 234 is the clipping action when properly set guarantees I do not
> overdrive the radio 
>>  speech compressor used in the Orion,
>> and Orion II. The manual describes it as a RF compression type, but goes
>> into no detail.
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