Yes, tthey're plug-in. No soldering.
In a message dated 11/22/2010 8:43:47 P.M. GMT Standard Time,
cdistflatfoot@gmail.com writes:
are the filters just snap in ?
On 11/22/2010 3:12 PM, N4PY2 wrote:
> Yes, the 2.4 khz roofing is automatically selected when your DSP BW is
2.4
> or lower. If you put the 1,8 filter in, that will come on when you go
to
> 1.8 or lower.
>
> I believe my son, N4YDU has a 1.8 khz filter for sale at a good price.
>
> Carl Moreschi N4PY
> 121 Little Bell Drive
> Hays, NC 28635
> www.n4py.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From:<Rsoifer@aol.com>
> To:<tentec@contesting.com>;<n4py2@earthlink.net>
> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 3:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Re 02 2.0444A questions
>
>
>> Right.
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 11/22/2010 7:47:03 P.M. GMT Standard Time,
>> cdistflatfoot@gmail.com writes:
>>
>> Ok , so I might try a 1.8 filter for ssb and this only helps if I am
>> narrower than 2.4kwith dsp filtering is that correct ? and if I have
>> the filter selection on auto it will kick on only when the dsp is
below
>> 2.4 . John
>>
>> On 11/22/2010 2:16 PM, N4PY2 wrote:
>>> The Orion comes with a standard 2400 hertz roofing filter for SSB and
a
>>> standard 1000 hertz roofing filter for CW.
>>>
>>> Carl Moreschi N4PY
>>> 121 Little Bell Drive
>>> Hays, NC 28635
>>> www.n4py.com
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From:<Rsoifer@aol.com>
>>> To:<tentec@contesting.com>
>>> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 2:06 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Re 02 2.0444A questions
>>>
>>>
>>>> Barry,
>>>>
>>>> Most of the time I'd agree with you, but as Jack described his
>> situation,
>>>> a
>>>> roofing filter narrower than 6 kHz (be it 2.4 or 1.8) might help.
For
>> CW,
>>>> I generally use 300 Hz, except on 160 where a wide roofing filter
helps
>>>> the DSP NR (as long as there isn't too much strong local
activity).
>>>>
>>>> 73 Ray W2RS
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In a message dated 11/22/2010 6:57:48 P.M. GMT Standard Time,
>>>> barry.n1eu@gmail.com writes:
>>>>
>>>> For ssb, the dsp filtering will be sufficient 99% of the time. If
>> you're
>>>> a
>>>> somewhat serious ssb contester, pop a 1.8Khz filter in - otherwise,
>> don't
>>>> bother. Narrow roofing filters potentially help much more with cw.
>>>>
>>>> Barry N1EU
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 6:32 PM, John Molenda
>>>> <cdistflatfoot@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Ray , I have no optional roofing filters in my Orion II but
have
>>>>> sometimes wished for them . what filter would be my first and
2nd
>>>>> choice to load up on ssb . I work ssb 75 percent of the time and
am
>>>>> just looking to narrow things up when needed . thanks John
>>>>>
>>>>> On 11/22/2010 1:10 PM, Rsoifer@aol.com wrote:
>>>>>> Jack,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm not sure these are the best settings either, but here's
what I
>>>> do.
>>>>> To
>>>>>> me, AGC Slope works best at 1:10 so I leave it there. On SSB, my
>>>> front
>>>>>> panel AGC button is set to Prog, which translates to Hang 0, Decay
>>>>>> 10
>>>>> dB/s
>>>>>> and Threshold 1.00 uV. On the Filtr menu, all of the optional
>>>>>> roofing
>>>>>> filters (I have them all too) are enabled and Xtal filter is set
to
>>>> Auto.
>>>>> With
>>>>>> the DSP filter set to 2750, that would auto-select the 6 kHz
>>>>>> roofing
>>>>> filter,
>>>>> > which may be your problem. If you set the DSP filter to
2400,
>> that
>>>>> should
>>>>>> auto-select the 2.4 kHz roofing filter instead.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I generally use the 6 kHz roofing filter for 160-meter CW (tnx,
Bob
>>>> K8IA,
>>>>>> for that tip) but 2.4 kHz for SSB.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hope this helps.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 73 Ray
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In a message dated 11/22/2010 5:52:19 P.M. GMT Standard Time,
>>>>>> Thomas.Emerson.Jr@morganstanleysmithbarney.com writes:
>>>>>>
>>>>> >
>>>>>> Hey Ray,
>>>>>> Not sure how well this is going to work. I'm at work now, just
>>>> checking
>>>>>> for replies via the archives on this work station.
>>>>>> OK, here's your answers. I have all the filters installed. It
does
>>>>>> not
>>>>> do
>>>>>> it on cw. It mostly occurs on 75m, at night, when lots of strong
>>>> signals
>>>>>> and QRM are around. And it's not like it's happening constantly,
>>>>>> just
>>>>>> occasional popping in the audio, if very strong signals are on
>>>> frequency
>>>>> or nearby.
>>>>>> I usually keep the filter on ssb set at 2750 hz. I'm thinking
maybe
>>>>>> I
>>>>> need
>>>>>> to cut it below 2400, and let that roofing filter kick in. Will
try
>> it
>>>>>> tonight.
>>>>>> And the hardware nb is off. Using nr helps, and moving the agc
>> slope
>>>>> from
>>>>> > flat to one of the other 2 settings eliminates it. But I
prefer
>> to
>>>> keep
>>>>>> agc slope at the flat setting, so I'm hoping someone else has
>>>>> experienced
>>>>>> this and found a solution other than the agc slope adjustment.
>>>>>> I would think that adjusting the agc menu settings (decay, hang,
>>>>>> threshold) would do it, but I haven't found the right combo yet.
>>>>>> Jack W4TJE
>>>>> >
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