[TenTec] Orion III

[Rsoifer at aol.com]

I am mostlly a CW operator, and find that the Orion II NR (v2.044A), with a 
 wide (6 kHz) roofing filter (tnx Bob, K8IA, for that tip) does help pull  
out the weak ones on 160 and 80 meters.  I don't have the "golden ears" of  
some of you phone ops, but agree that on SSB, the NR does seem to attenuate  
the high frequencies. 
 
However, to me that appears to be a software issue, not something that  
would justify trading in the rig for an Orion III.  In addition, there  seems 
to be a consensus that a better spectrum display is something best done  
externally.  So, as the guy who started this thread about an Orion III wish  
list, it looks like we're down to only two major items: better data I/O (to  
feed the panadaptor, Skimmer, etc.) and a sub-receiver with the same features 
as  the main receiver.
 
The former can easily be done as a factory mod (or, for the brave, a user  
mod), which leaves us with the sub-receiver as the main justification for an 
 Orion III at all.  Is that enough?  What do you think?
 
73 Ray W2RS
 
 
In a message dated 5/14/2011 3:13:06 P.M. GMT Standard Time,  
va3dwi at gmail.com writes:

Hi  all,

I agree. I'd go with an external panadapter. Why are people  rumbling about 
an Orion III? Let's get the O-II finalized first. I am  still waiting for 
an upgrade that will improve the NR part of the rig. One  that, when you 
activate it, will truly reduce the noise WITHOUT altering  the audio 
quality 
of the voice you're receiving.

On some signals it  seems to work okay but mostly it distorts the audio and 
acts erratically  and I am running ver. 2.044A. Different settings of the 
AGC threshold and  manual AGC level do not seem to make much difference.

73, Tony  VE3DWI


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barry N1EU"  <barry.n1eu at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment"  <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2011 12:29  PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] O3 wish list


> Well said and totally  agree Paul. Limited engineering resources can
> be put to much better  use. If the rig mfr provides I.F. output,
> they've done their  job.
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