The Orion, like most transceivers, has two CW modes, one an 'upper' and the
other a 'lower'. On some radios, they are labeled CW and CW Reverse, but in
any case this determines the 'direction' of the passband in relation to the
zero-beat frequency. Perhaps moving to the other would have cleaned up the
signal. Also, make sure the filter is in "Auto", that it is turned on in
the menu and that the filter has been centered using the procedure outlined
in the manual. A lower-sideband signal 2 kHz up is going to cause problems
no matter what.
Ron Castro
Chief Technical Officer
Results Radio, LLC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chortek, Robert L" <robert.chortek@berliner.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 11:42 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Help with New Orion II
Good Morning,
I just purchased the Orion II and must have the setting mixed up and
wondered if some of you experienced folks can help me straighten things
out.
This morning I was listening to a JA on 80 cw (3507) who was not moving
the S meter. Then, a sideband station (yes) came on 2 KHZ above the JA
and I could hear this garbled noise on the Orion masking the JA. I was
using the 600 HZ roofing filter and had the bandwidth set at 500HZ. The
subreceiver audio and rf gain were both set to zero. I would not think I
would have been able to hear the sideband signal with the 600 Hz roofing
filter and bandwidth at 500 HZ. By the way, when I listened to the same
thing on my FT1000D, only the JA was audible, not a whisper of the ssb
signal.
I must have the settings messed up somehow. Any suggestions?
Thanks!
73,
Bob/AA6VB
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