Topband: Re: Orion receiver optimization doc

Marijan Miletic, S56A artinian at siol.net
Wed Jul 9 22:03:21 EDT 2003


Wes, N5WA wrote:
It seems like the Orion has enough possible settings to cover any
condition ..... this is both a blessing and a curse.  To get the
most out of it the operator will actually have to understand the
controls and make some decisions.

This curse was long understood in the computer industry and Bill Gates got
it mainly right with Windows!

Professional radios have reduced number of knobs and settings due to
increase in the number of naive users.

JA had long adopted the production attitude: Do it right first time!

There is not much to add to K6SE A/B tests.  He is at least K2 patriot :-)
You might experience clean weak signal conditions in USA but not much in EU.

73 de Mario, S56A, N1YU



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