[TenTec] NR - Fact or Fiction?

[Mary Ann Higgins]

HI LEE NR FER ME MUCH BETTER! I ONLY OPERATE SSB; AND ALL OR NOTHING
DIDN'T WORK FER ME! I SIMPLY DIDN'T USE IT!  FORWARD TO THE FUTURE FER
ME! 2.055 ALL THE WAY! LEE I'D BE INTERESTED TO SEE IF U USE CW FER
WEAK SIG WORK BECAUSE I NOTICED 1.371 WAS FB ON CW  WHEN  I CHECKED IT
OUT ON CW .


On 3/2/06, Kc9cdt at aol.com <Kc9cdt at aol.com> wrote:
> Orion II for two weeks now....HAd Original Orion for over a year, so I am an
> experienced O operator. Used it in contests and weak sig DX.
>
> 1) Hey guys... THE NR IS BROKE!
> Why do I say that. I had Orion (original 1.371 for a long time. NR worked
> pretty darn well, it actually helped and it didn't cause all this crackly noise
> and distotion...
>
> It's BROKE!  I don't understand why this has happened? I noticed how terrible
> it was the first 1/2 hour I used the OII.
>
> In 1.371 it worked the best it has ever been.
>
> 2) Hey guys the TX audio is BROKE too. When I had Orion with 1.371 I got
> excellant audio reports. Now I have OII, I am using the exact same Mic and
> settings. I just today got 3 signal reports saying my audio was overall OK, BUT
> occationally I had some kind of high end distorted DSP like Processed like problem.
> Whatever that is? Originally I heard a lot of foks on the air say that the
> Orions they had heard sounded terrible, that was before we all learned to adj TX
> audio, rolloff, TX BW, Mic gain and SP levels for our voice and Mic
> combination. Once I got all that right (Thanks to a lot of help from this list) I got
> as gos of audio reports as I get with my Drake and Collins (And that's saying a
> lot)
>
> I love the color screen, it is actuall making the radio easier to use.
>
> I guess I am relly having a problem understanding how these BASIC things are
> broke. What we are talking about here is not little suttle things that only a
> few people might notice, these are no brainers to test and be sure are fixed
> before a version is released.
>
> Right now if I had the choice I would take an Orion original, version 1.371
> WITH the color screen and new Mic setup.
>
> I did send a note to Dits N Bits, after all they are the ones that need the
> details on out problems.
>
> No, I don't want to send it back, I really love it. I just expected all the
> basic stuff to work day one, realizing some of the fine tuning may take a
> while.
>
> 73,
> Lee, KC9CDT
>
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