[TenTec] Orion II ARRL Review for those who care??

Sun Jul 30 11:56:30 EDT 2006

You are welcome!!

Brad Bradford

W9GOD / NNN0PKC  Navy Marine Corp  MARS

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<DIV><FONT color=#009966></FONT></DIV><FONT color=#009966>Very truly yours, 
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>From: "Lynn Lamb, W4NL" <w4nl at charter.net>
>Reply-To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec at contesting.com>
>To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
>Subject: Re: [TenTec] "Being a Contrarian . . ."
>Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 10:01:48 -0400
>
>Totally agree John.  The Jupiter is an outstanding rig, and considering the
>cost, it's even better.  The Orion (s)...... '9000s, '7800, the Pro (s),
>'1000s, '2000 (yes 's'!), R4Cs, '830s, '765s, Omni whatever, etc are for
>those who want and need that next level of performance particularly in the
>area of rejection to strong signals close by that the Orion provides best.
>Some like and 'need' some of the bells we are seeing in this ever changing
>technology.  Others just like a new hat!
>
>But the song needs to be sung about all the other good rigs like the
>Jupiter, '746s, TS-48O (an outstanding rig), '7000, '706s, '897/'857s, etc.
>
>Thanks for your thoughts.
>
>73, Lynn W4NL
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "John Rippey" <w3uls at 3n.net>
>To: <tentec at contesting.com>
>Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 9:31 AM
>Subject: [TenTec] "Being a Contrarian . . ."
>
>
> > Last evening I looked up the QST review of the ORION II and found
> > something of note from a contrarian's point of view:
> >
> > The close-in receive specs for the "subreceiver" are in the 70 dB range.
> > As I understand it, the subreceiver is basically a Jupiter (no steroids
> > here). And having read (I believe it was R. Sherwood) someone's saying
> > that 70 dB IMD3 is about all anyone will ever need 95% of the time, the
> > old Jupiter holds up pretty well in distinguished company.
> >
> > Happy Sunday & 73,
> > John, W3ULS
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