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Re: [TenTec] Re 02 2.0444A questions

To: n4py2@earthlink.net, tentec@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Re 02 2.0444A questions
From: Rsoifer@aol.com
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Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 14:59:05 -0500 (EST)
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Carl,
 
Sorry about that -- I left out the standard 1000 Hz filter.  Looking  at my 
O2, it also came with standard filters of 2400, 6000 and 20,000 Hz.
 
73 Ray
 
 
In a message dated 11/22/2010 7:16:20 P.M. GMT Standard Time,  
n4py2@earthlink.net writes:

The  Orion comes with a standard 2400 hertz roofing filter for SSB and a  
standard 1000 hertz roofing filter for CW.

Carl Moreschi  N4PY
121 Little Bell Drive
Hays, NC  28635
www.n4py.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From:  <Rsoifer@aol.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday,  November 22, 2010 2:06 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Re 02 2.0444A  questions


> Barry,
>
> Most of the time I'd agree  with you, but as Jack described his 
situation, 
> a
> roofing  filter narrower than 6 kHz (be it 2.4 or 1.8) might help.  For  
CW,
> I generally use 300 Hz, except on 160 where a wide roofing filter  helps
> the  DSP NR (as long as there isn't too much strong local  activity).
>
> 73 Ray W2RS
>
>
>
>
>  In a message dated 11/22/2010 6:57:48 P.M. GMT Standard Time,
>  barry.n1eu@gmail.com writes:
>
> For ssb,  the dsp filtering  will be sufficient 99% of the time.  If 
you're
> a
> somewhat  serious ssb contester, pop a 1.8Khz filter in - otherwise,  
don't
>  bother.  Narrow roofing filters potentially help much more with   cw.
>
> Barry N1EU
>
> On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 6:32  PM, John Molenda
>  <cdistflatfoot@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi Ray , I have no  optional  roofing filters in my Orion II but have
>> sometimes  wished for them  .  what filter would be my first and  2nd
>> choice to load up on ssb  .  I work ssb 75 percent  of the time and am
>> just looking to  narrow things up when  needed .  thanks John
>>
>> On 11/22/2010  1:10  PM, Rsoifer@aol.com wrote:
>> > Jack,
>> >
>>  >  I'm not sure these are the best settings either, but here's what  I
> do.
>>  To
>> > me, AGC Slope works best  at 1:10 so I leave  it there.  On SSB,  my
>  front
>> > panel AGC button is set to  Prog, which translates  to Hang 0, Decay 10
>>  dB/s
>> > and   Threshold 1.00 uV.  On the Filtr menu, all of the optional 
>>  > roofing
>> > filters (I have them all too) are enabled and  Xtal filter  is set to
> Auto.
>>    With
>> > the DSP filter set to  2750, that would auto-select  the 6 kHz roofing
>>  filter,
>>  > which may  be your problem.  If you set the DSP filter to 2400,   that
>>  should
>> > auto-select the 2.4 kHz roofing  filter  instead.
>> >
>> > I generally use the 6  kHz roofing filter  for 160-meter CW (tnx, Bob
> K8IA,
>>  > for that tip) but 2.4 kHz for  SSB.
>> >
>>  > Hope this helps.
>> >
>> > 73   Ray
>> >
>> >
>> > In a message dated  11/22/2010  5:52:19 P.M. GMT Standard Time,
>> >   Thomas.Emerson.Jr@morganstanleysmithbarney.com writes:
>>  >
>>  >
>> >
>> > Hey  Ray,
>> > Not sure how well this is  going to work. I'm  at  work now, just
> checking
>> > for replies   via the archives on this work  station.
>> > OK, here's  your  answers. I have all the filters installed. It does 
>>  > not
>>  do
>> > it on cw. It mostly occurs on  75m, at night, when lots of  strong
> signals
>> > and  QRM are around. And it's not like it's  happening constantly,  
just
>> > occasional popping in the audio, if  very strong  signals are on
> frequency
>> or  nearby.
>> >  I  usually keep the filter on ssb set at 2750 hz. I'm thinking maybe  
>> > I
>> need
>> > to cut it below 2400,  and let that roofing filter  kick in. Will try 
it
>> >  tonight.
>> > And the hardware nb is  off.  Using nr  helps, and moving the  agc 
slope
>> from
>>  >  flat to one of the other 2 settings eliminates it. But I prefer   to
> keep
>> > agc slope at the flat setting, so I'm hoping  someone else  has
>>  experienced
>> > this and  found a solution other  than the agc slope  adjustment.
>>  > I would think that adjusting  the agc menu settings (decay,   hang,
>> > threshold) would do it,  but I haven't found the  right combo yet.
>> > Jack  W4TJE
>>   >
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