[TenTec] Orion 565 vs Orion 566?

[Barry N1EU]

Bottom line is they're both great rigs and they aren't THAT different.  The
differences I see are:

1. O2 uses 4-pole narrow cw filters with no extra preamp to degrade IMD.
The O1 work-around is to put 600hz 4-pole filter in 1Khz filter slot.  There
is absolutely no reason to use the 500/250 filter slots in the O1.   I've
actually thought of putting a 300hz 4-pole filter in my O1 1Khz filter slot,
since I don't need to go wider than that.

2. O2 control cpu is a bit faster;  maybe the sweep is also better (???) but
I N-E-V-E-R use the sweep (or NR); if you want sweep, go with LP-PAN via
VE7TK's if output mod

3. O2 can't run v1 firmware, which many prefer (and also has less touchy
rx/tx gain setting).

Personally, I wouldn't upgrade unless I got an O2 for a bargain price but it
would be worth hearing from folks who own both O1 and O2.

73, Barry N1EU

On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 12:45 AM, Eric Rosenberg <ericrosenberg.dc at gmail.com
> wrote:

> There's a possibility that I may be able to upgrade from an (original)
> Orion (with all the INRAD filters) to an Orion II.
>
> Is there really that much of a difference between the two that would
> make it worthwhile?  It's my understanding the sub-RX is the same (i.e.,
> no individual filters, no good for diversity reception), that the
> display is in color (no big deal) and the scan function is better, all
> as a result of a more powerful processor.
>
> Is there something I've missed?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Eric W3DQ
> Washington, DC
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