[TenTec] ORION II CW pile up readability

[Toby Pennington]

Rick VE7ASR wrote"  I'm sorry to say but I have found my Orion (565) sweep
to be next to useless.  With the version 2 firmware
upgrade the rig doesn't crash with the sweep activated
but it isn't very useful.  Years ago I had a Heathkit
series 6xx external Panadapter scope that, in my
opinion, provided more useful information..>>>>>


A less expensive option would be to buy the N4PY control program which has a very good sweep feature,  better than on the Orion for sure.

Carl's program is not a real time spectrum scope but scans the band like the Jupiter or Omni 7.  However it scans fairly rapidly,  and you can click on any of the signal spikes with your mouse to immediately transfer there with your VFO.  You can set it for continuos scan and keep updated on the band.  The program uses the second VFO on the Orion to do the scanning,  and your main reciever does not go dead during the scan.  

I find his little scope to be quite good  especially when set to high resolution. 

Toby  W4CAK