[TenTec] TT Orion 2 and inrad 2400 hrz ssb filter?

[Gary J FollettDukes HiFi]

I sure agree with you 100% on this Barry!

The 1.8 KHz only kicks in when you narrow the passband bandwidth of the DSP to less than 1.8 KHz anyway so the bandwidth of the Inrad will not even be noticed.

Also correct on the lack of cascading. On the Omni 5 and 6 there was cascading on the 9 MHz board so there was benefit in putting a 2.4 KHz filter into the N1 position of the 9 MHz hard as this produced 16 pole effective filtering. I did this several times using a standard Ten Tec 2.4 KHz filter in the N-1 slot and notices some improvement in adjacent signal rejection without the awful audio offered when using the 1.8 KHz filter.Not so in the Orion.

The only possible gain one might realize from the Inroad filter is to put it where it belongs, in the 2.4 KHz slot in place of the 4 pole factory filter as I believe the Inroad is an 8 pole filter. This would sharpen the skirts of the roofing filter, offering somewhat better selectivity while still offering reasonable SSB bandwidth.The roofing filter is not even used in transmit so that change would not affect transmitter radio one iota.

73

Gary

W0DVN
> On Aug 24, 2016, at 8:13 PM, Barry N1EU <barry.n1eu at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Makes no sense to me.  What was your thinking behind that plan?  Maybe I'm
> missing something, but the radio will work exactly the same with or without
> a 2400hz filter in the 1800hz slot.  There's no cascading in the Orion2 if
> that was the thinking behind it.
> 
> 73, Barry N1EU
> 
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 12:39 AM, denton sprague <denton at oregontrail.net>
> wrote:
> 
>> I finally ordered an Inrad 2400 ssb filter for my Orion 2….will use it in
>> the vacant 1800 hrz slot. Will be interesting to hear the difference in
>> performance.
>> 
>> Any comments?
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