Hello all...
Finally I am a happy man for 2 days ! :-) It was a hard decision to sell my
Orion, but had no choice !
So now, I owned :
- A JA radio with poor numbers
- A non-SDR radio
- A radio with no bugs on the screen because it's using some LCD segments
- An AF gain control know with no dead spots
- A microphone that's working without tweaking when you put it in the mic
plug :-)
- An RF gain control know that's working for years and years (not just since
the last update)
- A monitor circuit with plenty of punch into the headphones
- A radio with 200w output power with no RFI / ground loop problems
- A class-A mode when your shack is a little cold during winter ! :-)
- A radio with no distortions at all in the speaker even on strong signals
(over S9+30dB)
- A radio with no hiss on the headphones when the AF Gain is fully counter
clockwise
- A radio that can be tuned to my favourite BC AM stations under 500KHz (183
and 234KHz for instance)
(183KHz is 59+10dB, 234KHz is 59+20dB = was inaudible on the Orion)
- A radio with a fast and silent ATU that works on the 2 ant connectors
- A radio that is not exclusively dedicated to weak CW signal DXing on the
low bands ;-)
I miss :
- The military look of the Orion
- The continuously variable DSP BW
- The programmable AGC
- The real independant second receiver
Eric, happy ham for Christmas, thank you Santa "Yaesu" Claus.
PS : I'm ready to get flamed, again :-)
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Envoyé : jeudi 23 décembre 2004 18:15
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Objet : [TenTec] SDR
The Orion is a good start if they ever make it work is another thing. It's
a sad state of affairs when you can't get a mic to work.
I have a SDR Flex-Radio non of the Orion Problems and about $2000 cheaper
and I have source code.
My Orion for sale with the rest of the stuff $3500
de Skip
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