Re: [TenTec] Orion fault

[Bob Henderson <bob@cytanet.com.cy>]

My sincere thanks to all those that have responded to my plea for 
assistance with this problem.  I reverted to firmware revision 1.366 
yesterday and have seen no recurrence of the raspy sidetone problem 
since then.  Fingers crossed it stays that way.  I understand from 
several of you that this problem was evident in earlier firmware 
releases.  On the face of it, it would appear to have crept back into 
Rev. 1.367.  If it does recurr here under 1.366 I'll be sure and let you 
all know.

I will be sending a full report to ditsnbits this afternoon.

73

Bob, 5B4AGN, P3F


Bob Henderson wrote:

> I have an intermittent problem with my Orion which was delivered last 
> Tuesday.  It may be that the problem is firmware related as I did not 
> see it before I updated to V1.367  On the other hand, it may be 
> nothing to do with the firmware.  I wonder if any of you Orion users 
> have seen anything like this?
>
> When the fault is evident the side tone develops a rasping quality 
> that I can best describe as having the characteristic you might 
> observe when an rf arc strikes up somewhere in the system.  That is 
> what it sounds like though I don't think that's what it is, as the 
> problem persists even if power output is wound right down to a 
> minimum.  Another thing I have observed, is that under normal 
> circumstances when the sub rx is turned on the sidetone level 
> increases as you here it from the output of both radios.  When this 
> fault occurs then turning on the sub rx reduces sidetone volume and 
> turning it off increases it!  The opposite of the norm.  In both cases 
> the sidetone retains it's rasping quality.  Sometimes turning the 
> radio off and back on will clear the problem, sometimes it does not.  
> Sometimes the radio works fine and then the problem arises.
>
> As I have only seen this problem since doing the update to 1.367 it 
> seems logical to revert to 1.366 to see if that prevents the fault 
> arising.  Does anyone have a copy of the 1.366 file they can e-mail to 
> me to try this?  Anyone have any other thoughts?
>
> Many thanks.
>
> Bob, 5B4AGN, P3F
>
>
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