[TenTec] Orion II vs Icom 2300

[Steve Ellington]

Er....Neither can the Orion without external help from another SDR,
computer and software.

Blocky and lousy looking? Well it looks like a mini Flex to me. It can be
difficult to photograph. I finally figured out how to reduce the exposure
on my camera/phone. Certainly if you blew up the display to fill a large
monitor you would realize much imperfection but that one reason it doesn't
have an external monitor port.

On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 5:35 AM, Barry N1EU <barry.n1eu at gmail.com> wrote:

> Can an IC-7300 do this?
> http://tentecwiki.org/lib/exe/fetch.php?cache=&media=orionpan3.jpg
>
> I'm asking seriously - every image of the panadapter spectrum I've seen
> either on the IC7300 internal LCD or an interfaced PC has been low
> resolution, blocky and pretty lousy looking (i.e., unable to trace a
> curve).  You'd think it would be the opposite since the IC7300 is a direct
> sampling SDR.
>
> I'm also not that crazy about the front panel ergonomics of the IC7300 and
> IC7610 but I guess you would get used to it.
>
> 73, Barry N1EU
>
> On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 8:20 PM, Steve Ellington <steven4lq at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I'm using an IC-7300 as the main rig. After getting it, my K3S was
> > gathering dust so I sold it.
> > I also had the Flex 6500, FTDX-3000, IC-7800, TS-590s, Omni 7, TS-950sdx,
> > TS-2000, FT-2000, Omni VI+, Flex 6300, TS-480sat, Orion 1, IC-756pro 2
> and
> > 3 to name a few. The 7300 outperforms them all.
> > I could make use of dual receivers but that's coming in the IC-7610 which
> > will arrive this year.
> > 73 Steve N4LQ
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 5:32 PM, Rodney <w3krq at dejazzd.com> wrote:
> >
> > > CHECK IT FOR INTERMOD
> > >
> > > -----Original Message----- From: denton sprague
> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2016 5:22 PM
> > > To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> > > Subject: [TenTec] Orion II vs Icom 2300
> > >
> > > After many years of using various TT gear, I have been looking at an IC
> > > 2300.
> > > I currently run either a TT Orion II or an Omni 7.  Both have done the
> > job
> > > well for me but its about time to move onto more recent technology.
> > > Has anyone done side by side comparison between an Orion and an IC
> 7300?
> > I
> > > am hearing impaired so receiver clarity is paramount.
> > > I am not a contester, but want do do some ssb work mostly on 160 and 80
> > > meters.
> > > I have read most of the online reviews and the Sherwood site’s rig
> > > comparison.
> > > Thanks in advance de Denton WB7TDG.
> > >
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