[TenTec] OII V2.044A

[kc9cdt at aol.com]

Ray,
Yep for CW I use the manual notch IF I ant to make one go away.....
The NR is, well not so good...usually I just leave it off. Occationally 
it works OK..
To tell the truth, I have several boat achor RX's that do much beter in 
noise.
The best is probably the Hallicrafters SX-117...it's audio PB is on the 
low side...so it is MUCH quieter to listen to...rather nice I might 
add. As you tune...signals just seem to jump out of the noise.
I think a external audio filter setup would work pretty well on OII...
Any one try one yet?
73,
Lee



-----Original Message-----
From: Rsoifer <Rsoifer at aol.com>
To: tentec <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Sat, Feb 26, 2011 11:57 am
Subject: Re: [TenTec] OII V2.044A


Lee,

I hardly ever use the AN (rather useless on CW) but I find the NR MUCH
better than 2.041XT.  Not much difference from 2.039d, though.

73 Ray W2RS


In a message dated 2/26/2011 4:44:48 P.M. GMT Standard Time, 
kc9cdt at aol.com
 writes:

Seems  like the NR is a little less distortion but the AN has more???
Anyone else  hear that?
73,
Lee, KC9CDT



-----Original  Message-----
From: Rsoifer <Rsoifer at aol.com>
To: tentec  <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Sat, Feb 26, 2011 11:23 am
Subject:  Re: [TenTec] Orion II sweep display?


Lee,

Sounds good to  me.  Bring it back, along with the waterfall!

73 Ray


In  a message dated 2/26/2011 4:17:46 P.M. GMT Standard Time,
kc9cdt at aol.com
writes:

Ray,
He is talking about the nice  feature (which was removed in  2.044a)
that
freezes the sweep  dsplay when you tune so that you can pounce  right on
the signal your  after..I LOVED IT...NOW IT IS GONE   :-(
73,
Lee



-----Original Message-----
From:  Rsoifer  <Rsoifer at aol.com>
To: tentec  <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent:  Sat, Feb 26, 2011 10:45  am
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion II sweep   display?


Tim,

I don't know what you mean by "freezes,"  but  when I turn the VFO knob
the
display doesn't move for about  one  second.  That's enough for me  to
tune
close to the  desired  signal, if not right on it.  And, yes,  the
display
width is  selectable (in v2.044A).  I usually keep  it at 36 kHz,  which
I  find
useful on CW.  As for the  high speed sweep board, the most   recent
word
from
John  was that it's still in the design  stage.

73 Ray  W2RS


In a message dated 2/26/2011 3:08:04 P.M.  GMT Standard  Time,
nz8j at woh.rr.com writes:

I recently bought a used  Orion I  after not having an Orion for
many  years and an quite pleased   with the latest firmware and
operation.
I really  like the way  the  sweep display works now  in that when you
turn
the   VFO the  display freezes and you can tune to a signal of choice  
on
the  screen.  It's not as elaborate as some implementations of  an
internal
scope  but I find it to be very useful.

My   question is does the  firmware on the Orion II offer the same
or   similar capability?  Does  it have any other sweep display 
features

in
addition to those of the Orion  I?  I would like to  have  the ability 
to
pick a display width as in the   past.

Any word  on the promised "High Speed Display" that   was talked
about in years  past??

I find I am really   enjoying the Orion and am thinking  seriously
of getting an Orion II  and  either trading this original  Orion towards
one or selling  it to buy one. I  had forgotten how  really nice the CW
operation  (QSK in particular) works on  the   Orion.

73
Tim
NZ8J
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