It is normal for the S meter to rest about 1/4 inch up from the bottom when
the Orion is on.
73,
Carl Moreschi N4PY
Franklinton, North Carolina
n4py@earthlink.net
----- Original Message -----
From: <N0KHQ@aol.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2004 2:14 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Houston......Orion has Landed
> Hello All,
>
> Pulling into the driveway Thursday evening........there it sat on the
front
> porch......a large white box from TT.
>
> Getting myself and the large white box through the front door was a little
> bit of a challenge, but with a little grunting and twisting we finally
made
> it..........my only thought was to get the new rig downstairs to the ham
shack and
> unpacked before the wife got home.
>
> My first impression was:
>
> Man, this things heavy......I think the packing material weighs as much as
> the rig.
>
> My next impression, after carefully unpacking, was:
>
> Man, this things big.....where am I going to put it? It was obvious that
the
> Orion was not going to fit in the space previously occupied by the
756Proll
> and Power Supply. But with a little ham ingenuity, I was able to gently
place
> the Orion on the shelf above the TT Jupiter. Whew!
>
> I had also ordered the "Orion Operations for Dummies" DVD, starring Scott
> (Hollywood) Robbins, produced by TT and directed by Ed W4ZSB, but somehow
> watching the DVD didn't seem real important to me right now.
>
> Quickly hooking up the grounding, power and coax, I fired the beast up. (I
> reset the CPU just out of habit)
> The rig sprang to life, the blinding light from the display seemed to fill
> the room. I noticed that the firmware was ver. 1.369, so my first task was
to
> update to ver. 1.37. No issues were encountered during or after the
> update.........cool!
>
> Since my operations are about 80% listening and 20% transmitting, I wasn't
> real concerned about the transmitter section of the Orion.
>
> Today is Sunday, I've made, probably 6 or 7 contacts with the rig, most of
my
> time has been dedicated to the operation of the receiver controls.
>
> Man it sure is nice to use a rig that is user definable.
>
> The Orion variable "NR" operates just as well as my "Hear it" DSP module,
so
> that's out of line now and sitting on the bench......don't need it any
more.
>
> I finally took the time to watch the TT DVD. By the way, if you are an
Orion
> owner, you may want to purchase the DVD.
>
> The Roofing Filters in the first IF is a great idea.
>
> The Programmable AGC works great.
>
> The Band Scope is "near" real time. Good enough for me. To have a Band
Scope
> that is "Real Time" signal analysis is heavily dependent on three factors,
> Programming, CPU Speed and Bus Speed. Unless you have one heck of a CPU,
"real
> time" is difficult to achieve. I run a spectral analyzer on my PC (800mhz
CPU
> and 100mhz bus) and its still not "Real Time" so, we can only get "close".
And
> close is good enough.
>
> The only thing that sticks out is 1. The "S" meter needs adjustment and 2.
> The "Monitor" volume needs to be cranked up.
>
> I guess the above comments and observations are enough for right now, time
to
> play.
>
>
> 73
> John / N0KHQ / St. Louis
>
> Always on 18.130
>
> Antennas:
>
> You can build 'em better than you can buy 'em
> Please visit the sites below:
> http://www.hamuniverse.com/17mcoaxmox.html
> http://www.cebik.com/n0khq.html
> http://www.ssb-audio.com/forum/
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