Re: [TenTec] Orion II questions

["John Chmielewski" <n2xd@bellsouth.net>]

I totally agree.

John N2XD
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Toby Pennington" <toby423@earthlink.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 1:15 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion II questions


> I am in agreement with you as far as the RF gain and the S meter is
> concerned.  I have heard arguments for having the S meter go up as the RF
> gain goes down.  But my preference would be to leave the way the RF gain 
> and
> the s meter work alone.  I like to be able to see the s meter working and
> giving me input as the RF gain is reduced. The input I would like to see 
> if
> the signal strength of the received signal.
>
> Alas,  both the O2 and the 2.0 firmware for the old Orion have the s meter
> working like it does in the foreign imports.  The lower the RF gain the
> higher the s meter will be stuck.
>
> Change is inevitable,  but don't like this one.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Joseph Trombino Jr" <w2kj@bellsouth.net>
> To: <TenTec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 1:27 PM
> Subject: [TenTec] Orion II questions
>
>
> > I visited my friend who has an Orion II a while back and noticed two
> things
> > that I thought were kinda strange.
> >
> > First, when using the multi-knob to back down on the RF gain it only took
> a
> > quarter turn or less to go from full RF gain to zero RF gain.
> >
> > Second....when adjusting the taps in the DSP from max to min it 
> > controlled
> > the IF gain of the receiver....that is it went from max gain to min gain.
> >
> > These to "anomolies" don't occur in my Orion I....I can go down to 50 on
> the
> > RF gain and still get full S meter readings with reasonable gain....I 
> > need
> > to go almost all the way down on the RF gain to reach zero gain.
> >
> > I really like this feature...it keeps the S meter active and very
> gradually
> > adjusts the RF gain unlike what I saw on the Orion II.
> >
> > Also, when adjusting the tap level in my original Orion the gains stays
> the
> > same but I can hear a difference in the audio "quality" when going from
> max
> > to min......the gain doesn't disappear as in the Orion II.
> >
> > I'm wondering if what I saw in the Orion II is normal or did my friend
> have
> > a bad unit???
> >
> >                                     73, Joe W2KJ
> >
> >
> >
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