[TenTec] Orion II Questions

[Barry N1EU]

You WILL have AGC compression unless RF Gain is throttled because the AGC
threshold will be too low.

It's a simple matter of how much audio dynamic range you want to present to
your ears.  You have to make that determination first and then from there,
set up the rig's RF/AF gain distribution properly.  I'm evangelizing for a
wide audio dynamic range (with headphone listening) and my comments should
simply be seen in that context.

Barry N1EU

On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 7:59 AM, Carl Moreschi <n4py3 at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Why wouldn't just setting AGC to medium or slow solve all the problems you
> are trying to fix.  That way you never get blasted, you don't have to find
> a very strong signal to set audio gain, you never get AGC compression on
> speech, and you don't get band noise between words.
>
> Carl Moreschi N4PY
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> Louisburg, NC 27549
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>
> On 12/19/2014 7:47 AM, Barry N1EU wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 7:42 AM, Carl Moreschi<n4py3 at earthlink.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> But the biggest problem with the scheme of using high audio gain and low
>>> RF gain is you can still get blasted by a very strong signal as you tune
>>> the band.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> That's why the very first step was turning RF Gain to full max, tuning in
>> an s9++ signal and setting the AF Gain so the signal is comfortably loud.
>> You leave the AF Gain right there (always) and you never get "blasted."
>> All
>> adjustments after that are with RF Gain.
>>
>> Barry N1EU
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