[1000mp] Ten-Tec Orion - Initial Impressions

[Joe Giacobello]

Thanks, Earl.  You have saved me a lot of upset.  I just sold my backup 
850S to partly offset the cost of a new Orion.  I think I'll just sit 
tight for a while.


73, JOe

k6se@juno.com wrote:

>Hi, Joe,
>
>You wrote:
>
>"Earl, this was wonderfully thorough review, and I am most appreciative."
>----------
>Perhaps my review was premature.  Afterwards I A/B switched the Orion
>with my FT-1000MP to see how it compared on digging weak CW signals out
>of the noise.  There was no comparison -- the MP won easily.  Because to
>this and other dislikes I have about the Orion, I returned it to Ten-Tec
>for  refund.
>
>Other dislikes I had were:
>
>1) Audio whine in the headphone output, very noticeable in narrow CW BWs.
>
>2) Poor implementation of AGC action on CW.
>
>3) NR not effective at all on CW.
>
>4) Poor ergonomics - too many button presses and knob twirling needed
>when you want to change something during the normal course of operation.
>==========
>
>"Did TenTec finally windup using a B&W screen or did they add some
>color?"
>----------
>No color.  The LCD display is strictly B&W.
>==========
>
>"Sounds like that IF DSP is really doing the job."
>----------
>I was mistaken in my original assessment of the NR on CW.  I have not
>been able to duplicate the way it seemed to work on CW initially.  In
>fact, the NR does absolutely nothing on CW when the bandwidth is narrowed
>down.
>==========
>
>"Are the optional filters really necessary?"
>----------
>For the serious CW operator, I would recommend the 500 Hz filter. 
>There's little noticeable difference between that and the 250 Hz filter
>when you're using 100 Hz DSP bandwidth.
>
>73, de Earl, K6SE
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