[TenTec] Orion AM RX Performance Measurements

[Sinisa Hristov]

Ron Castro wrote:
 
> Was this on an O1 or O2?

Orion I.


> In AM, even with the AGC settings you describe for low distortion,
> I still hear significant  distortion on the voice peaks on stable,
> ground-wave commercial broadcast stations.  Right now, I am hearing
> it on ABC's KGO, San Francisco.  I realize that broadcast stations
> use significant amounts of clipping in their processing, but this
> is more than what I hear on my car radio or on my TS-870.

My impression is that some kind of distortion appears
with dynamic signals only, but I was unable to produce
it systematically and measure it.


73,

Sinisa YT1NT, VE3EA