[TenTec] Orion gain setting

Philip C. Anderson xtraham58 at hotmail.com
Wed Nov 9 14:42:18 PST 2011


This proceedure works very very well.
 
Andy W3LI

 

> Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2011 06:26:50 -0500
> From: barry.n1eu at gmail.com
> To: tentec at contesting.com; orion565 at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [TenTec] Orion gain setting
> 
> On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 6:09 AM, Mark van Wijk <pa5mw at home.nl> wrote:
> 
> > Use your RF Gain, never set it above 90. Ever. Not even on 10/12mtrs.
> >
> 
> I'd probably never set it above 75. If you can hear band noise in the
> background, it's plenty high.
> 
> Here's a 60-second method to gain adjustment:
> 
> 1. turn RF Gain to 100 and tune in an s9+ station.
> 2. turn up AF Gain till it's VERY loud, but not painful. Leave the AF
> Gain setting at this level, always - don't touch it.
> 3. turn down RF Gain till you can just hear band noise in the
> background - adjust as necessary when you change bands.
> 
> This will provide very quiet reception with signals popping out of
> silence - maximal audio dynamic range and minimal AGC action,
> 
> 73, Barry N1EU
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