Hello Paul,
This rig continues to be a great experience, both in performance as wel
as sheer fun!
Owning an ORION since 2004 using at home with a small antenna setup for
Topband, I find myself using the following settings:
There's no magic in these numbers. Your mileage may vary.
But you can screw up the receiver by setting RF gain to100%; please
never ever do that.
First: leave volume fixed between 40-70% and use your RF-Gain ONLY.
Second: never set the RF gain above 90. Typically <80
Keep the S-meter below S3. Typical S1-2 for band noise is best on 160.
Firmware 1.372
menu settings for AGC:
Slow
Hang=0.73s
Decay= 10dB/s
Threshold= 5.02uV
Medium
Hang=0.12s
Decay=25dB/s
Threshold=3.03uV
Fast
Hang=0.08s
Decay=80dB/s
Threshold= 1.40uV
Prog
Hang=0.08
Decay=20dB/s
Threshold= 1.00uV
73 Mark, PA5MW
On 20-9-2011 6:06, Paul DeWitte wrote:
As a still relatively new orion owner I am still playing with rcv serttings.
What do you set AGC, hang, decay, and threshold, and how do these settings
affect working weak DX on 160m (and other bands also)?
Any comments, suggestions,etc. are appreciated.
So far the radio is far superior to the operator, but I am trying to even
that out a bit.
Thanks, 73
Paul K9OT
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