If I were given the opportunity to re-design the front panel of the Orion,
it would be at least twice the size and have two complete sets of knobs for
both the main and sub-receivers including a lot of the menu items, like AGC.
But, I guess I'd be the only one interested in buying a behemoth like that.
Dick W5TA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sinisa Hristov" <shristov@ptt.yu>
To: <orion@contesting.com>; <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 5:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Orion] Re: [TenTec] Topband: BDR redux
> Grant Youngman wrote:
>
> > RF gain, as typically applied, reduces over all receiver gain for
> > signals of all levels. AGC THRESHOLD has no impact on signals
> > above the threshold setpoint. It simply prohibits AGC action on
> > signals below the setpoint.
>
> This is true. It's certainly better to have a separate AGC threshold,
> as in Orion. Unfortunately, AGC Threshold control on Orion
> is an ergonomic disaster. It should have had a knob assigned to itself,
> along with appropriate S meter indication.
>
>
> 73,
>
> Sinisa YT1NT, VA3TTN
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