[TenTec] Whait am I missing here?

[Ron Castro]

Ken:

Far from what some folks may have said, the Orion II bandscope is far from 
"useless", and it will apparently be improving in the next month or so when 
the next major firmware update is released.  Check out the announcement at 
this link:

http://radio.tentec.com/status

The bandscope is indeed real-time, although when you tune quickly, it will 
stop and wait until you stop tuning, then it immediately catches up.  If you 
want something really 'top of the line' check out Rick VE7TK's article on 
using the LP PAN with the Orion and Orion II at:

http://www3.telus.net/ve7tk/9MHz_IF.pdf

Look at Appendix A for details on the mod for Orion II's.  This allows the 
use of the open-source software used on the Flex radios for your bandscope 
as Rick shows here:

http://www3.telus.net/ve7tk/LP_PAN.pdf

This gives you a virtual spectrum analyzer quality display on your PC, but 
even without any of that, the Orion II bandscope is great right out of the 
box.

         Ron N6IE
      www.N6IE.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Bessler" <kg0wx at hotmail.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>; <tentec at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 2:02 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Whait am I missing here?


>
> I've been thinking about buying either an Orion II, a Pro III or a K3 for 
> a few months
> now. The K3 is pretty much out due to it's small size and old school LCD 
> screen. The
> color screens on the other two really attract me and I'm about 97% decided 
> on the
> Orion II based on it's performance, among other things.
>
> But.....
>
> I keep thinking about the reviews that called the band scope on the Orion 
> II "useless"
> and "those who like the Orion have never used a Pro III".
>
> My teenage kids had a 21st century solution - YouTube! Sure enough there 
> are videos
> of both rigs there. So, I looked at several videos, examining the band 
> scope action
> for both rigs. From what I can see, they are nearly identical as far as 
> "real time"
> quality goes.
>
> What am I missing here? The Icom seems no better than the TenTec......
>
>
> 73 de Ken KG0WX - Kadiddlehopper #11808,
> Flying Pigs #-1055, Grid EM17ip
>
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