Disconnecting or shorting the antenna terminals on Orion produced quite a bit of "noise floor." This appears to be a noise generated by the circuits (IF amp after mixer?) Turning the preamp on, incre
We are looking at the bare front end S/N performance and sensitivity. I will look at those aspects when I get more intimate with Orion and get into the receiver. Yuri, I could be wrong but I believe
very high, and there's no signal to cause gain compression. Yeah, what Grant said ;-) Grant, do you have a theory on how the RF Gain control fits into the picture? Thanks & 73, Barry N1EU ___________
I searched for a weak signal on a relatively quiet band to conduct an experiment comparing the Orion with a FT-1000D. The Orion actually did sound a little noisier than I thought it would although I
John & Yuri - I forgot to mention that you might here some mp3 encoding artifacts, esp with the quieter FT1000D - sounds a little like a flock of birds, but this shouldn't detract from the object of
Yes, it's normal. You should also try lowering the decay rate to 5 or 10 dB/S and increasing the hang time. 73, Barry N1EU __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your r
0.30 - 1.00 seconds. W4ZV asked "I have not played with such high settings of Hang and played with this on some very weak signals on Topband this morning. Based on my limited use, it does seem to he
I respectfully disagree with the 2nd hand accounts that a narrower roofing filter in the Omni VI+ shows no benefit. I don't know what those sources of information were. The only person I know to have
I already posted a message to the reflector explaining that the "SSB splatter" on the FT-1000 audio is actually mp3 encoding artifact and to please ignore it. That's the price of squeezing WAV files
I just read through that roofing filter reflector thread from June (I don't do much hamming in the summer so never read it before), and it's whooey. That ain't what W2VJN found according to direct co
Here you go: I put a less compressed version up that doesn't show the artifactual "flock of birds", "high pitched ssb" or whatever you prefer. Note that this recording is a newer FT-1000D/Orion 15M w
Dave, K4TO penned: "I beg to differ with you...and notice that this is a private reply." Yes, we all noticed ;-) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast
I've used the two port USB adapter from http://www.usbwholesale.com/us232%202port.htm with the Orion under WinXP with both WriteLog and N1MM Logger with good results. 73, Barry N1EU www/n1eu.com ____
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22inrad+audio+mod%22+site%3Alists.contesting.com (in other words, you'd be well served to first search Google for "inrad audio mod" and site:li
My Orion seems to drive my Alpha 99 and Acom 2000A amplifiers quite well with no issues so far. 73, Barry N1EU __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Get better spam protection with Yahoo!
Yuri, I value your contributions and hope you'll participate in the orion@contesting.com reflector if you are truly leaving this reflector. Personally, I find heated, in-depth discussion invigorating
As W4ZV said, this belongs on the MP reflector and I'll only make a single comment directed to YT1NT. BTW Bill, you were saying +200 in previous posts and I'm sure you really meant -200. BTW, the lin
K8DIT said "The Cons of the Ten Tec Orion: 1. No Color Sreen. 2. No handle. 3. Key Jack on front panel. 4. No PTT 5. No free mic. , antenna tuner, fan or seperate sevice manual. 6. No art deco facepl
Mark suggested "Does the PBT / BW step automatically change with mode? It would be nice if the Orion remembered the last step setting." As well as Encoder rate - step/encoder rate go hand in hand. So
K3NA asked "Can one control two Orions on the same computer yet?" Eric, if you meant in general, N1MM Logger and Writelog will both support control of two Orions in a SO2R configuration. What I reall