The website and advertising brochure don't say anything about being a
"DX'ers radio". Here's what they do say:
"The Ten-Tec Orion II represents an entirely new concept in high-performance
HF transceivers. Our goal with this new groundbreaking design is to deliver
the finest performance level to date from an amateur transceiver."
"Superb SSB audio is yours at a touch of the AUDIO button. Audio
equalization is provided in both transmit and receive. The transmit response
can be adjusted to have more bass or more treble. Separately, receiver audio
can be EQed for bass and treble response. 18 selectable SSB transmit
bandwidths to a maximum of 3.9 kHz are provided. See figures 3, 4, and 5
below for TX and RX equalizer graphs."
...and this from the specifications:
RX notch filter: IF DSP, adjustable width, depth > 50 dB, notch reflected on
S-meter; multi-tone auto-notch, adjustable 0-9.
TX frequency response: 50-3900 Hz max -6 dB points, adjustable.
Modes: USB, LSB, AM, FM, CWUSB, CWLSB, AFSK; advanced Panoramic Stereo(tm).
Ron N6AHA
----- Original Message -----
From: <richardw@mho.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 8:40 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Is the Orion an AM radio or a DXer's radio??
I have been reading all the emails concerning AM mode and the Orion. I
might be rather naieve, but I though the Orion was designed as a DXer's
radio (the first one Ten Tek ever produced for the DXer); two receivers,
roofing filters, good DSP bandpass filters, good cw breakin, FSK for RTTY,
speach processor, etc. etc.
I might have missed the call outs on the clusters, but I can't recall any
callouts for the VU4 or Aves Island on AM; more or less any other major
DXpedition! If you are really big into AM and "broadcast quality" AM,
why would you purchase an Orion?? I would think one of the old "boat
anchors" that runs 100% plate mod with a pair of whatevers running in
class B push pull would be the rig of choice. I have to say that I have
not had one DX station tell me that my audio was poor or was lacking in
the lows, mids or highs. I use a Heil mic with swithable elements and it
works just fine.
I don't know that you can design a radio that does everything perfectly;
reminds me of the military several years ago when they wanted a "one size
fits all" aircraft. The answer was the F-111/FB-111 and something else;
did everything, but not anything very good.
K8ZTT
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