[TenTec] Orion III

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I don't have a Yaesu 5000 to listen to, but I think all of us on this  
reflector with Orion IIs agree that the DSP NR needs further work.  It  works 
pretty well (for me at least) on CW, but there is much room for  improvement 
on SSB.  The NR in 2.044A is better than 2.041XT, but hopefully  the next 
version will be better yet.
 
However, this appears to be a firmware issue, not a compelling reason  for 
a new hardware platform (Orion III). So far, the only such reason that  has 
attracted much support in this thread is the sub-receiver, which many would  
like to see identical to the main receiver as in the K3.  Not everyone  
needs, or is willing to pay for this, but as long as T-T keeps supporting  the 
566 (and 565), we users can take our choice.
 
73 Ray W2RS
 
 
In a message dated 5/18/2011 5:50:30 P.M. GMT Standard Time, KF6E at mail.com  
writes:

Listen  to the NR on the FTdx-5000. It can pull a signal out of the noise 
and make an  unreadable signal readable, and a noisy signal armchair copy. 
This works on  SSB as well as CW. I don't know what algorithm they're using, 
but it really  works.
t
3,
Frank
KF6E
----- Original Message -----
From:  Carl Moreschi
Sent: 05/14/11 11:37 AM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec  Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion III

The NR you are talking  about does not exist on any radio. Still to this 
day I have never seen an NR  that truely helps with copy. They might make 
things quieter but copy is always  best under difficult conditions with NR off. 
Carl Moreschi N4PY 121 Little  Bell Dr. Hays, NC 28635 www.n4py.com On 
5/14/2011 11:12 AM, Tony Lelieveld  wrote: > 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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