[TenTec] Yaesu comparison

[Barry N1EU]

Sorry, but IMHO that test is meaningless, standing on its own.

DSP filtering at "1800hz" on radio A may actually be equivalent to "1600hz"
on radio B.  DSP filter slope may be set up very differently on the
radios.  Etc Etc

It would be more meaningful (but still of dubious value), if instead he
just tuned to band noise, fed the audio into a soundcard and showed the
audio passband on spectrum analyzer software.  The next step would be to
match the displayed passbands as best as possible using the rigs'
controls.  And then if he repeated that test, they would probably perform
identically.

73,
Barry N1EU

On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 10:53 PM, Dan Thompson <w4uh at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> There is a comparison on You Tube. Search Orion II vs FT5000. If I send
> the link it will be blocked.
>
> 73, Dan W4UH
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Jan 27, 2013, at 6:46 PM, k4elo at fastmail.fm wrote:
>
> > Has anyone on the list had the chance to do an A/B comparison between
> > the Orion II and the Yaesu FTdx5000?  Particularly in terms of ssb
> > selectivity.
> >
> > I used to have an Orion II and sold it (bad move!), but now much later,
> > have a Yaesu FTdx5000, but I am not satisfied with it's selectivity,
> > maybe due to only a 3 kHz roofing filter.  So I am seriously thinking of
> > going back to the Orion with a 1.8 roofing filter.
> >
> > Any comments?
> >
> > Thanks and 73
> > Wayne
> > K4ELO
> >
> >
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