[TenTec] RX366

[Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP]

I will add one more scenario to Barry's comments.

If you have a very good antenna on 40m in Europe, the Orion's "stock" 2nd RX
crunches easily.

I compared the original ORION's first and second receiver to an OMNI VII and
a few other radios (FT-1000, K2, etc.), using a 3 element 40m Yagi at 105
ft.  The tests were made at DL1A, one of our Bavarian Contest Club (BCC)
contest sites.

There was a significant difference in: 
A) what you heard, and 
B) what you did not hear.

For A) The ORION heard weak signals that none of the other radios could hear
For B) ALL of the other radios heard a multitude of Phantom signals at S9 or
louder, that the ORION could not hear (because they were Phantoms or Ghosts,
they weren't really signals on the band).

Excerpts of this test with short audio/video clips are posted on the BCC web
site. You can see/hear for yourself.
Of course I only posted tiny excerpts.  For the rest of what I heard, you'll
just have to take my word.    

It doesn't matter how many hams will or will not ever have an antenna like
that.
I'm just stating a fact.
Each person must determine for himself if it is important or not - and how
much he is willing to pay for this feature.

BTW, I plan to buy an antenna like that, just as soon as I win the lottery.

73
Rick, DJ0IP

-----Original Message-----
From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Barry N1EU
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 12:45 AM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] RX366

On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 7:07 PM,  <Rsoifer at aol.com> wrote:

> Do you need the RX366?  If you are a serious contester, or if you have  
> an active ham next door, then probably yes.  If not, then the stock 
> unit is probably good enough, especially if you do any listening 
> outside the ham bands.
>
> Did I get it right?

If you want to be able to depend on the subreceiver not folding in the
presence of strong signals on the band (especially cw), you'd want the
RX-366.  This doesn't necessarily mean contesting.

73, Barry N1EU
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