I am using Carl's software with the Orion and I find the bandscope
extremely useful, particularly on quiet bands like 30M. I never used
the Orion's bandscope because it is just too coarse to be effective.
OTOH, Carl's gives well defined, highly resolved peaks (in high
resolution mode) and is quite sensitive to weak signals. I have found
that after single clicking on a peak, only minor readjustment of the VFO
is required to center a signal in the RX passband.
Typically, I only scan CW or SSB subbands so the slower scan speed of
high resolution mode is adequate for my needs. I was recently demo-ing
the software to another very experienced ham, and he preferred the
higher speed and slightly coarser resolution. He hadn't seen it before
and was quite favorably impressed. While I have relatively limited
experience with bandscopes (I used to use an SM-220 with a TS-850),
Carl's is the most effective because it allows immediate QSY to any
desired displayed signal. It's resolution is comparable to the SM-220,
if not better. I've actually stopped trolling the bands manually
looking for signals and rely almost exclusively on the sweep.
I recently installed a 6M transverter on the Orion but, unfortunately,
Carl's software doesn't seem to work there. (I haven't checked to see
if the Orion's sweep does so.) (Carl, if your software could be
configured somehow to sweep the transverter receiver that would be a
real useful tool for monitoring VHF beacons for band openings. Can it
be done?)
73, Joe
K2XX
Carl Moreschi wrote:
Duane,
My N4PY software does not make the band scope on the Orion any better. In
fact, the software has no effect on it at all. What my software has is its
own bandscope independent of the Orion hardware that allows you to mouse
click on it to instantly check signals.
Carl Moreschi N4PY
Franklinton, North Carolina
n4py@earthlink.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Duane A Calvin" <ac5aa@juno.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 1:39 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] New to the list--Orion questions
On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 12:08:08 -0400 "Mark Erbaugh" <mark@microenh.com>
writes:
. . . . snip . . .
There is no video output of the display on the Orion (of course the 756
didn't have one either).
. . . . snip . . .
As I mentioned to Don in an offline note, N4PY's software has been
described as helping make the bandscope better. I have not used it with
mine, but then I find little use for the 'scope other than quickly
checking the RTTY subbands when I'm hanging out there.
73, Duane
Duane Calvin, AC5AA
Austin, Texas
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