[TenTec] 566 Orion II Firmware Version V3.029---SpectrumDisplay &Tuning...

[Greg S]

Every rig I have owned for around the last 10 years has had this feature. NOT built in.... It's called the aforementioned Autek QF-1A. If you have not tried one, you should. READ the Autek  manual, and play with it a LOT - for a good solid month or two of operating before you cast judgement. I think it will gain your respect as a good tool, ...... for those "under $4000" radios that don't the feature  in-built.
 73-
Greg, KC8HXO
 
"The real measure of your wealth is how much you'd be worth if you lost all your money."
       - The Late Bernard Meltzer



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 From: chacuff <chacuff at cableone.net>
To: Walt Amos <waltk8cv4612amos at att.net>; Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec at contesting.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 6:29 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] 566 Orion II Firmware Version V3.029---SpectrumDisplay &Tuning...
 
It depends on what you are doing with the radio...

Chasing DX at the noise level it's a feature mostly only high end radio's 
have.  Many don't work well but those that are implemented properly make a 
big difference in being able to copy a signal at the noise floor.

It's a welcome addition...and it's Digital as it is implemented in the DSP.

Of course if you just use the $4000 radio for daily chit chat down on 40 
sideband you will never see any value in it...same for the central LCD 
display...or TV as someone recently called it...

Fact is you can't appreciate fine tools if you don't know how to build 
anything with them...

Cecil
K5DL
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Walt Amos" <waltk8cv4612amos at att.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 5:18 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] 566 Orion II Firmware Version V3.029---SpectrumDisplay 
&Tuning...


> An audio filter in a $4,000.00 dollar radio? Tell me it isn't true
> ...........
>
> The final injustice, a $39 dollar Rat Shack filter needed in a $4K radio?
>
> Walt K8CV