I'll keep my OLD National NC-183 with it's PP 6V6's and a big output
transformer. It even sounds good with AM music.
73,
Frank, K4VMO
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert & Linda McGraw K4TAX" <RMcGraw@Blomand.Net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2005 9:12 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] SSB recieve audio?
> I'll keep my vintage 1963 Collins 75S-3B with the Collins 2.1 kHz
mechanical
> filter. Comparing the ICOM, Kenwood, Yaesu and Orion, it makes them all
> sound bad. Great audio comes from tubes. As to IM from BC stations,
there
> isn't any.
>
> 73
> Bob, K4TAX
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "denton" <denton@oregontrail.net>
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2005 5:27 PM
> Subject: [TenTec] SSB recieve audio?
>
>
> > Wonder how the Orion's SSB audio sounds compared to an Omni VI??
> > For some reason, to my ears, my FT990 seems to sound better than my Omni
> > VI
> > on ssb.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "John L Merrill" <jmerrill1@adelphia.net>
> > To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2005 2:51 PM
> > Subject: Re: [TenTec] Propm RX
> >
> >
> >>I have an R4A I've been repairing here on the bench and with the same
> >> speaker, it sounds better than the Orion :-).
> >>
> >> John N1JM
> >>
> >> Grant Youngman wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>I agree. The receive audio is lousey on the Orion.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Maybe you just need a decent speaker. Or perhaps your inner ear needs
> >>> some
> >>> work :-)
> >>>
> >>> The Orion has excellent SSB receive audio, as good or better than any
HF
> >>> rig
> >>> I've used (many, new and old), and generally requires little in the
way
> >>> of
> >>> receive EQ. I do much prefer it with a little more than the usual
> >>> bandwidth
> >>> (say around 3 Khz or so), but that's no different than most radios
which
> >>> sound like cr*p at the typical narrow bandwidths everyone want to use.
> >>>
> >>> Of course, it would benefit greatly from a pair of P-P 6V6's in the
> >>> output
> >>> stage, but I doubt that's in the plan :-)
> >>>
> >>> Grant/NQ5T
> >>>
> >>>
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