[TenTec] O2 vs K3

[Ron Castro]

You can adjust the Orion AGC Threshold level in the Menu/Receiver section. 
Just increase it from the default 1 uV and the noise will appear to 
decrease.

         Ron   N6IE
      www.N6IE.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <emoss98133 at msn.com>
To: "ten-tec" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 11:41 AM
Subject: [TenTec] O2 vs K3


> Wow...I notice just the opposite.... I use the O2 and the K3 mainly for 
> vhf...mostly 6 meters.
> maybe the noise is different but I have a lot of power line noise and I 
> find that the O2 will take it out completely where as the K3 will not..I 
> also noitce thet the K3 will not take out the very sharp spike of 
> noise..like a switch turning on..
> But what I do notice the  K3 advantage over the O2 is when setting the 
> volume to a comfortable level and when the signal ends the background 
> noise is quieter on the K3...this might be due to the O2's AGC  which we 
> all are waiting for a fix..
> meanwhile the O2 seats in the corner covered up while I still play with 
> the K3....
> these are both Very good rigs...I don't think we will ever find the 
> perfect rig........but they are close....
>
> Ed   K7WIA
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