[TenTec] Orion receiver sensitivity

[Phil Chambley Sr.]

Hi Rick...

Welcome.

Sounds like you may have a leaky diode in the BP filter.

Phil C. Sr.
k4dpk
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Dougherty NQ4I" <nq4i at contesting.com>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 4:13 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Orion receiver sensitivity


> Hi all...kinda new on here..I now have 4 Orion's and a few more on the
> way...today listening on 20m, one Orion was not hearing an Eu station at 
> the
> same signal level, in fact it was about 20 db down from the second radio 
> on
> the band..at first I started thinking that the large 20m stack had a
> problem...but put the antennas in the back of both radios and did a/b
> antenna comparisons...so the stacks are working ok...so I moved the radio 
> to
> the 80m station and took the 80m Orion and put it in the second 20m
> place...now the two radios are hearing very close to the same levels...and
> now the radio that was moved to 80m is about 20db down from a FT-1000D 
> that
> is also on the same band...is there a problem here??
>
> Thanks de Rick NQ4I
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