[1000mp] [TenTec] Topband: BDR redux

[roofus]

Thank you, well said.

Dennis AB8NI


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Blake Meinecke" <n4gi@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <1000mp@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 10:09 PM
Subject: Re: [1000mp] [TenTec] Topband: BDR redux


> Just a request:
>
> If the esoteric Orion discussion must be simulcast live on the MP
reflector,
> would it be possible to please include "orion" in the subject line so I
can
> make sure the messages make their way to my outlook bit-bucket?
>
> Thanks,
> Blake N4GI
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill Tippett" <btippett@alum.mit.edu>
> To: <tentec@contesting.com>; <orion@contesting.com>;
> <1000mp@mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 5:27 PM
> Subject: [1000mp] [TenTec] Topband: BDR redux
>
>
> > YT1NT wrote:
> >
> >  >Unfortunately, Orions RF GAIN control is just that,
> > a gain control unrelated to AGC loop. Therefore, Orion
> > users are actually *** handicapped ***, having to activate
> > menus and then select and change the clumsy "AGC Threshold"
> > setting, instead of simply turning a knob counter-clockwise
> > as on less modern receivers.
> >
> >          I don't agree with you Sinisa.  Having used an MP for 6+
> > years in ~20 contests on 10 meters, I found Orion much less tiring
> > to use.  With the MP I was continually riding both the AF and RF
> > Gain controls depending on conditions, QRM, signal levels, etc.
> > With Orion I basically set Threshold once, and hardly touched
> > either AF or RF Gain for 99% of the contest.  The only times I
> > readjusted Threshold was when the band was very quiet, either at
> > the very beginning or the very end.  It does take a little learning
> > to use, but I would not want to go back to the MP's AGC now.
> >
> >          The combination of the AGC and very quiet passband (which I
> > attribute to fewer IMD products) made it easier to get most callers
> > on their first call.  I did install Inrad's AGC mod for the MP, but
> > subjectively, it just seemed like I could copy far more weak callers
> > on their first call using Orion.  It could have simply been conditions
> > but the two most memorable aspects of Orion in both CQ WW's this
> > fall were the quietness of the passband and the excellent AGC.  I
> > don't believe the quietness was my not hearing weak stations either,
> > since my QSO totals were comparable to the top 3 multi-multi's (+4%
> > for SSB and -4% for CW).
> >
> >                                                  73,  Bill  W4ZV
> >
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