I notice Ten-Tec has been taking orders for the Orion
since June 19, but has still not published any specs other than
this:
"Very high RX intercept points, superior dynamic range and an
extremely low phase-noise synthesizer make ORION's main receiver
performance unmatched by any other HF transceiver."
Has anyone seen anything more specific? Since these are
published performance specs, I assume Orion should surpass them:
"Close In IMD Dynamic Range and Blocking Dynamic Range at 5 kHz Signal
Spacing" (ARRL Lab Results, Preamp off on 20M, in order of IMDDR3):
Rig IMDDR3 BDR
Elecraft K2 88 126
Ten-Tec Omni 6+ 86 119
Yaesu FT-1000MP 83 111
ICOM IC-756 Pro 80 104
Yaesu FT-1000MP Mark V 78 106
ICOM IC-775DSP 77 104
ICOM IC-706 MkII G 74 86
Yaesu FT-1000MP Field 73 107
Kenwood TS-570D 72 87
ICOM IC-756 67 98
Sources:
http://www.elecraft.com/K2_perf.htm
(a summary of published ARRL tests and correspondence from KC1SX)
http://www.arrl.org/members-only/prodrev/pdf/pr0208.pdf
(which adds the Yaesu FT-1000MP Mark V Field).
73, Bill W4ZV
P.S. I'll happily accept any color case or display if Orion
significantly improves on the performance above!
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