RE: [TenTec] SO2R with only one TenTec ORION?

["Ten-Tec Inc. Amateur Radio Sales" <sales@tentec.com>]

Actually, I only have one Orion.  When I need another one for contest weekends
I borrow the 565AT out of the visitor's radio room in the lobby for #2.

Backup rig, still have my Omni-VI Plus.  It never gets used any more - 
though we
did press it into service as the multiplier station radio when we ran 
multi-single for
the WPX SSB contest back in March.

Scott Robbins
W4PA

At 01:19 PM 7/22/04 -0700, you wrote:
> No Scott, three Orions (one for backup) ;-)



> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Ten-Tec Inc. Amateur
> Radio Sales
> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 6:06 AM
> To: tentec@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] SO2R with only one TenTec ORION?
>
>
> It's a limitation of hardware - there would be some serious isolation issues
> involved with allowing one receiver to be open while transmitting at 100
> watts on another band with the same piece of equipment.  We did some
> investigating of this early on in the Orion development (because as an
> SO2R op myself, I really would have liked this).  It was soon obvious
> that the engineering challenge plus the hardware involved was going to
> be too much effort and cost added to the rig to do it.  We did leave on all
> the other "SO2R style" acoutrements like the second amp keying line, etc.,
> but the muting of the opposite receiver while transmitting is not the usual
> modus operandi for the SO2R operator.   The point of SO2R is to be doing
> something productive while calling CQ rather than listening to your own
> CQ's all weekend.
>
> Solution:  two Orion's.
>
> Scott Robbins
> W4PA
>
> At 04:42 AM 7/22/04 +0000, you wrote:
> >Now that's an interesting question.
> >
> >The Orion has two receivers and produces two sets of band data for
> >independent selection of antennas. However, for SO2R you would need to be
> >able to listen on one band whilst transmitting on another.
> >
> >Currently that's not possible with Orion though if one of its receivers is
> >completely independent of the transmit chain then in theory it could be.
> >
> >I may be wrong but something tells me it's more than just firmware
> >limitations that prevent this.
> >
> >Bob, 5B4AGN
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "OE3ZK Gerhard" <oe3zk@aon.at>
> >To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> >Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 4:03 PM
> >Subject: [TenTec] SO2R with only one TenTec ORION?
> >
> >
> >Has somebody experience? Is this possible?
> >
> >73
> >Gerhard, OE3ZK
>
>
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