[TenTec] Orion Question

[Grant Youngman]

> I did some A/B comparisons with my 746 during the week in 
> non-crowded conditions, and I felt like the Orion and my 746 
> were about the same on receive performance while listening to 
> some phone QSOs in various bands.  
> 
> Question 1 - Should this non-scientific result surprise me?

No.  In ideal conditions, an HQ-170 or just about anything will play pretty
well.

> defects on it.  Maybe I was expecting too much.  Maybe I'm 
> using a non-optimal setting.  I'm not sure at this point

The Orion doesn't work miracles.  But .. In crowded conditions, with many
strong (such as contest) signals beating away at the radio, the Orion will
do things the 745 only dreams of :-)

 
Grant/NQ5T