[TenTec] O2 Noise Reduction

[Toby Pennington]

The original inquiry was about the Noise Reduction on the Orion vs the NR on
the Pro 3.  Some how this got switched to the NB  ( noise blanker) on the
Orion being better.  The NB is indeed better on the Orion than the Pro 3,
as it has the DSP blanker as well as the hardware blanker.

However,  the NR on the Pro 3 is excellent as I have used one of these rigs
for a while and believe the NR on the Pro 3 probably has the edge over the
Orion.  I chose to keep the Orion because it is a better cw rig by far and I
sold the Pro 3.  There were some DSP artifacts in the cw receive which made
the cw signals sound rought or raspy at times, and also there was a "near
ringing" sound when the bandwidth was narrowed down to 250 hz or so. QSK cw
was poor on the Pro 3 also.

The Orion is a much better cw rig and is my choice for overall performance.

Toby  W4CAK


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <emoss98133 at msn.com>
To: "ten-tec" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 7:29 PM
Subject: [TenTec] O2 Noise Reduction


> I have the Pro III sitting along side my Orion I,  I am a VHF'ER 6 Meters
and up.
> The Pro III don't even come close, and on some noise it is just like it is
turned off.
> The Orions noise blanker is the best of all the rigs is have owned and I
have had a bunch.
> save your bucks and get a Orion, you wont be sorry
>
> Ed   K7WIA
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