Well Duane I guess we are the opposite. I don't care for weak dx signals so
I hunt for strong stateside signals with the scope in hopes of a good rag
chew. So I need that scope to work! I've been leaving it off today and have
not had one problem so I guess it's the culpret. I had a Logikey and hated
it. What is so appealing about them? I learned to use Curtis mode B and the
K3 only had mode A. I found myself making mistakes due to the timing
difference. Having to send commands to it just to change the weight was a
pain. The sidetone sounded like a duck and it has no volume control. On the
other hand, my old MFJ-407 with the Curtis 8044 chip is a perfect mode B,
has real knobs for volume and weight right smack on the front panel plus
even a tune button and it doens't emmit that horrible O K everytime I turn
it on. Yea I know I'm in the minority when it comes to Logikeys.
The keyer in the Orion is great. They must have taken the design from MFJ.
Scope off Captain
73
Steve
N4LQ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Duane A Calvin" <ac5aa@juno.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 1:17 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] band stacking
> Personally, I don't find a band scope very useful because I'm usually
> looking for a signal right at the noise level (or below.) So, I leave
> mine off. I've had my Orion for about 4 weeks, and have only used the
> band scope a few times (looking for a DX pileup). In this time I've had
> zero lockups and no need to reboot or reset. I have run split a number
> of times with no problems. So, this may help validate the "band scope is
> the problem" theory. (I also use an external keyer - nothing can replace
> my Logikey!)
>
> 73, Duane
>
>
> On Sat, 8 May 2004 23:50:28 -0400 "Tommy" <aldermant@alltel.net> writes:
> > Alan,
> >
> > Unfortunately it is 'typical' for the Orion to do that. It is
> > something that
> > Ten Tec has been trying to solve in firmware since before last
> > September. It
> > is also one of the items listed for firmware update v1.37. However,
> > to be
> > specific, it normally will randomly stop transmitting IF you have
> > the sweep
> > turned on and your running the CW mode, with split VFO's. With the
> > sweep
> > turned off, I've never had it stop xmiting when in split VFO
> > operation on
> > CW. If you just operate with both tx and rx on the same VFO, to my
> > knowledge, it does not lock up.
> >
> > Tom - W4BQF
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "A. Sewell" <n5na@att.net>
> > To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 10:56 PM
> > Subject: Re: [TenTec] band stacking
> >
> >
> > > Steve,
> > >
> > > I don't think it's typical for the rig to lock up while running
> > the sweep.
> > > I always run my sweep and rarely have any problems with the rig
> > locking
> > up.
> > > It has locked up before but it's been a long, long time.
> > >
> > > 73,
> > >
> > > Alan N5NA
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Steve Ellington" <N4LQ@igLou.com>
> > > To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> > > Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 9:46 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [TenTec] band stacking
> > >
> > >
> > > > I took you advice about turning off the sweep and just had 2
> > hours of
> > > solids
> > > > QSO time without a reset. That sweep must eat up a lot of
> > processor and
> > > > eventually lock up the rig. Wonder if the new firmware will fix
> > that?
> > > > Steve
> > > > N4LQ
> > > >
> > >
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>
> Duane Calvin, AC5AA
> Austin, Texas
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