[TenTec] Orion in general, was K4VUD & Titan 425

[Ron Castro]

Just out of curiosity Denny, why weren't you using the Orion II?

         Ron  N6IE
      www.N6IE.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis OConnor" <ad4hk2004 at yahoo.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 10:59 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Orion in general, was K4VUD & Titan 425


> For various reasons I wound up doing CQWW on my well modified and massaged 
> MK-V and Omni 564, while the O2 lounged at it's leisure over on the other 
> radio bench... Both of those radios are polished to the teeth with mods, 
> filters, and gadgets and both have served satisfactorily in years past.... 
> Well, I'm here to tell ya, they ain't the same... It was only about 5 
> minutes after zero hundred Friday night and I was already sorely missing 
> the crunch proof front end on the big O..... <boy do we get spoiled fast>
>  Then, Saturday AM I was trying to work a, water weak swishing in the 
> noise, VK1CC on 80 meters when suddenly an 800 pound US gorilla decided to 
> exercise his F1 all over me just 1.2 kc up....  <call withheld to protect 
> the guilty - but you all  know it >
>  There was an instantaneous 20dB crash in the SN ratio and charlie-charlie 
> was gone baby, gone...  No matter what tricks I tried, AGC off, RF cranked 
> down, IF shift, 1.8kc filter, etc. my 45th country / 18 th zone, on low 
> power 80, was gone...  And of course my 100 watts was not enough horse 
> power to annoy the gorilla into leaving...
>
>
> denny / k8do
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