Ulrich,
I can answer some of the questions - though sorry, I have not had
a chance to compare the 850 to the Orion.
I have only compared it to an ICOM IC-746 and an Elecraft K2.
The ORION has provisioning for transverter operation (it's
described on page 27 of the operating manual which is available
for download online).
Also, the ORION uses the same keying as all of the Ten-Tec's
which means it has the "TX-Out" and "TX-En" for keying a full
break-in linear. I believe the Acom also has compatible
circuitry. I assume you mean QSK CW because for SSB there is no
problem connecting any Tcvr to any Amp.
I wouldn't waste any time worrying about how the ORION compares
to the TS-850. The ORION is a very quiet and sensitive radio.
Its filters are superb and match the quality of the Inrad. I
won't promiss it is more sensitive than the 850 but as you
stated, many Jap rigs are "Overkill Sensitive". The ORION is
sensitive enough on the high bands. The only problem I foresee
is that once you trade one TS-850 for an ORION, you will quickly
want to trade the second one and then it is expensive (hi).
For portable use, the ORION is almost too big and there the
TS-850 is better. I guess having one of each is not such a bad
idea after all!
As for compatibility with HEIL, well Ten-Tec sells a "Studio One"
Heil microphone. The Link below describes it. So, the mike
works for sure. The Heil headset you have will have to be a
stereo headset. That's a requirement for the ORION. If that's
the case, it should be no problem.
http://www.tentec.com/studio1.htm
73
Rick
-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Ulrich
Hilsinger
Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2003 9:58 PM
To: tentec@contesting.com
Subject: [TenTec] Comparison Orion vs TS850 ?
Hello,
I actually think about replacing one of my two TS850s by an
Orion.
Unfortunately, I had no chance to find an ORION owner here in the
southwestern corner of Germany, resulting in no possiblity of
making
pre-buy comparison tests.
Did anybody reading this was doing a direct comparison between
those two
rigs ? For me, it seems shure that the ORION will behave much
better on
bands such as 40m and 80m than the TS850 - at least as long as
this one
has no INRAD filters installed. But how did he performs on higher
bands,
where sensitivity is a bit more important ? MDS seems to be much
higher
at the 850, but is it really the important point (in my opinion,
some
japanese rigs are just far too sensitive on 10/12/15m... the only
drawback often is the low IF amplification).
Another important task for me is the interconnectivity with
ACOM1000
amps, but also the ease of use with transverter systems for
VHF/UHF, as
well as the compatibility to HEIL headsets, etc. ...
Comments are very appreciated, regarding both, SSB and CW
operation, in
normal DX business as well as in Contest environments...
73, merry christmas and best wishes for 2004,
Ulrich, dh0ghu
dh0ghu@dh0ghu.de
http://www.dh0ghu.de/
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