You can adjust the Orion AGC Threshold level in the Menu/Receiver section.
Just increase it from the default 1 uV and the noise will appear to
decrease.
Ron N6IE
www.N6IE.com
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From: <emoss98133@msn.com>
To: "ten-tec" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 11:41 AM
Subject: [TenTec] O2 vs K3
> Wow...I notice just the opposite.... I use the O2 and the K3 mainly for
> vhf...mostly 6 meters.
> maybe the noise is different but I have a lot of power line noise and I
> find that the O2 will take it out completely where as the K3 will not..I
> also noitce thet the K3 will not take out the very sharp spike of
> noise..like a switch turning on..
> But what I do notice the K3 advantage over the O2 is when setting the
> volume to a comfortable level and when the signal ends the background
> noise is quieter on the K3...this might be due to the O2's AGC which we
> all are waiting for a fix..
> meanwhile the O2 seats in the corner covered up while I still play with
> the K3....
> these are both Very good rigs...I don't think we will ever find the
> perfect rig........but they are close....
>
> Ed K7WIA
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