Never mind. I'm apparently blind or somethin'. I swear I didn't see that in
the manual previously.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Lathan" <ak5k@arrl.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2004 9:20 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion Sweep - Mark
> How does one select a sweep width other than the default around 70 KHz? I
> don't see any menu setting.
>
> TIA,
>
> Bill, AK5K
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <ac5e@comcast.net>
> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2004 7:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion Sweep - Mark
>
>
> > Hi Mark: As best I can tell by looking the sweep is in 250 Hz segments
> with bandwidth cranked down to 100 Hz. . That is, on the narrowest sweep
> range of 4.5 kHz there are just over two "digital blocks" per 600 Hz
> indication. Skipping the 9 kHz sweep width to the 18 kHz width, there
seem
> to be 10 digital segments per 2.5 kHz segment with the 100 Hz bandwidth.
> >
> > I prefer the 36 kHz sweep width myself since the stations I'm usually
> interested in tend to hang around fairly narrowly defined band segments.
And
> yes with a little practice you can usually tell by the bandwidth what sort
> of signal you have indicated on the sweep.
> >
> > At the moment an SSB signal at 14.197 is clearly just over 2500 Hz (a
half
> a 5 kHz division on the sweep) wide, while a 75 M AM signal looks like
it's
> close to 8 kHz overall. The digital modes are usually two to three
segments
> wide. CLEAN slow CW shows up as a narrow spike a single segment wide,
CLEAN
> faster CW is somewhat wider - and some of the click boxes are three or
four
> segments wide.
> >
> > Hope that helps
> >
> > 73 Pete Allen AC5E
> > --
> > Never squat with your spurs on
> >
> >
> > > John,
> > >
> > > Thanks for the reply. I didn't recall a sweep bandwidth adjustment,
just
> the
> > > sweep size. I wonder if I missed that or if it was added since last
> summer?
> > > Is the sweep bandwidth related to the receiver bandwidth?
> > >
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