[UK-CONTEST] 80M CC & Orion

[Paul Beecham]

 Hi Andy, thanks for all. Yes the Orion is on v2 and I,ve done the hardware 
mod as well, no other issues with it here. I set my audio up at mike level 8 
or just when the red ALC indicator blinks , speech processor 3 or 4 
(usually 3)  tx equilisation at - 9 or so. The mike is a Heil proset plus 
switched to the NORMAL insert. I find that the dx element is too shrill for 
me. I also play around with tx bandwidth settings as well, usually run at 
2.5-3 khz but sometimes go down to 1.8 if giving some one too much grief etc 
etc, I hope this helps.

73 Paul G6PZ.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy Hamon" <andyh at cwgsy.net>
To: <paul at prolectric.co.uk>
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 6:00 PM
Subject: 80M CC & Orion


> Paul
>
> Thanks for the QSO last night, conditions were nothing special from  this 
> far south. Heard only one GM, mostly the London to Manchester  belt for 
> me. Your signal was absolutely booming in here, loudest on  the band by 
> far and the audio quality was excellent. I was using my  FT897 to run at 
> 10 watts as I am having a big hassle setting up my  Orion for SSB. CW and 
> diddly modes are absolutely fine and work a  treat but SSB is another 
> thing. Just do not seem to get much power  out (both in terms of meter 
> reading and people hearing me).
> What mic are you using and what are the settings on your Orion? I 
> appreciate all voices are different, but yours sounded fairly similar  to 
> mine, so a good starting point. Also, have you gone to v2.x of the 
> firmware or stayed with 1.x?
> Here using a HEIL headset with the DX element with no extra outboard 
> equalization etc and v2.056 firmware (having issues with v2 and 
> contemplating a return to 1.x, but that is a discussion for another  day!)
>
> Thanks in advanced and may see you in the Radiosport test if not before.
>
> 73
>
> Andy, GU4WTN