[TenTec] Orion gain setting

[Scott Harwood]

For general rag chewing, casual nets, etc. with good conditions try the following:

Hang 00.77
Decay 5 dB/s
Threshold 38.30
RF Gain 100

Works well for me!

Scott
K4VWK


-----Original Message-----
>From: Barry N1EU <barry.n1eu at gmail.com>
>Sent: Nov 9, 2011 6:26 AM
>To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec at contesting.com>, Orion565 <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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