[TenTec] My Orion Page

[Martin, AA6E]

John,

You have a point.  Despite the drift, my old TS-520S was quite
successful running PSK31 after warmup.  That's about as demanding a
mode as any on HF.  So why worry about a few Hz on the Orion?

Stability and being able to measure and generate accurate frequency is
a Good Thing.  (You really do need it if you're working weak signals
at VHF and above.) What bothers me about the Orion is that for another
$10-20 (I'm guessing), you could have had a master oscillator with
maybe 10x the stability and accuracy of the present unit.  Or you
could have added the option to sync with an external standard. 
There's already a spare jack on the back panel.

An Orion stabilizer would be a nice after-market add-on kit, for any
of you garage entrepreneurs. (But be careful not to degrade the phase
noise.)

73 Martin AA6E

On 2/23/06, John Nason / NA9U <na9u at arrl.net> wrote:
> What frequency instability problem are you referring
> to.  My unit does not drift.  My old Kenwood TS-520S
> would drift 200 Hz for the first three hours, that was
> drift.  This thing seems solid.
>
> 73,
> John NA9U
>
> --- Ron Castro <ronc at sonic.net> wrote:
>
> > Fellow Listees:
> >
> > I have just completed an update to my web page that
> > includes a great deal of information I have gleaned
> > over the past three weeks of operating my Orion II.
> > Included are my personal observations, details and
> > pictures of the fan modification to reduce the
> > warm-up drift, results of the S-Meter test, my
> > "Orion II Wish List" of fixes, pictures of last
> > year's office party....whoops--on second thought....
> >
> > http://www.ronc.users.sonic.net/
> >
> > I would like to hear your reactions, on or off list
> > as you please.  I will soon be sending in my wish
> > list to Ten Tec, and I'll include other problems if
> > they seem to need fixing enough!
> >
> > Tnx & 73...
> > Ron
> > N6AHA
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