I know, bad form to reply to your own posting, but more data:
- problem only occurs when Speech Processor is engaged
- fail symptom (pulsing xmit audio) is not 100% repeatable, and can be
stopped by punching Send 1 to stop DVK
- problem seems to be in the Speech processor, not the DVK - turning off
the SP results in "normal" transmit audio
- turning the SP off during xmit when when xmit audio is bad corrects it
- at end of transmit, jsut after RX is switched back to, alternate sweep
buckets pulse upwards ~50% scale
- DVK audio recorded with SP on plays back sounding same with SP off.
Turning SP on during XMIT with results in "SP on steroids" (over
modulation)
I'll see what else I can isolate about the symptoms now that I know how
to recreate it. When it first occurred, I was too busy pushing the wrong
buttons to stop it, and just powered off since I was right on someone
else's CQ frequency. That's why in the last note I indicated it could
not be stopped unless powered off. That is not true - disabling SP will
return audio to OK level, or hitting Send 1 will stop the xmit.
Hope this is useful to someone.
73, Duane (now, back to the TQP where the Orions RX is doing a
wonderful job in the din on 40m!)
On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 19:33:20 -0500 Duane A Calvin <ac5aa@juno.com>
writes:
> Eric and reflector,
> I have the unpleasant task of reporting that I have
> validated
> Eric's bug report - my first SSB contest with my Orion (Feb '04
> manufacture). I ran the DVK for the first hour of the contest until
> it
> started behaving as Eric's - pulsing noise when going into transmit
> and
> no way to stop it but to power off. Once the power has been
> recycled,
> the RF Speech Processor is very unstable. DVK cannot be recorded -
> compression appears to be at 100%+++. The SP can be cured by
> turning SP
> off, then back on. But each time after DVK has been used, when the
> rig
> is in this condition, the SP returns to the full overmodulation
> symptom.
> Power on reset did not cure it the first time, but later on, after
> another power cycle it was OK again. I have not been using the
> sweep.
> SP is set at 2. The problem is not stable enough to tell if a
> Master
> Reset would help it, but at least I can verify the behavior, which
> might
> implicate software again.
>
> 73, Duane
>
>
> On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 20:19:57 +0200 "Eric SENSI"
> <eric.sensi@skynet.be>
> writes:
> > Well,
> >
> > I'm very surprised when everybody says :
> >
> > Well, I'm not using the sweep display, I'm not using the DV
> memory,
> > I'm not
> > using the memories, I'm not using the USER parameters, I'm not
> using
> > the
> > second receiver, I'm not using the monitor function... I'm not
> using
> > this
> > and that !
> >
> > We couldn't say that these functions are "bells and whistles",
> these
> > are
> > just the basic functions of the Orion !
> >
> > So, if I have to buy an Orion without being allowed to use this
> > function or
> > that parameter... it's stupid ! Do not put functions on a product
> if
> > they
> > don't work... take the William B. Gates example, Windows 95 was
> full
> > of
> > features before the final release, as these features weren't so
> > reliable,
> > they just remove them from the original source code before
> releasing
> > the
> > alpha version ! :-)
> >
> > Of course my Orion was a nice collection of bugs (as someone
> stated
> > in his
> > review, so much room in it for a sandwich and a pair of shoes, he
> > forgot to
> > mention : a lot of room for big malicious insects and gremlins too
>
> > !) but it
> > is the same like having a Porsche on which : you can't put the 6th
>
> > gear, you
> > can't use the hi-fi system, you have to use the manual gear shift
> > lever
> > instead of the tiptronic command, you have to go in by the sliding
>
> > roof
> > instead of the doors... etc etc.
> >
> > I prefer to have a Kenwood TS-570DG that works, than an Orion that
>
> > crashes 5
> > times a day !
> >
> > My $0.02
> >
> > Eric, ON6CV.
> >
> > -----Message d'origine-----
> > De : tentec-bounces@contesting.com
> > [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]De la part de Jason Buchanan
> > Envoyé : samedi 25 septembre 2004 1:22
> > À : tentec@contesting.com
> > Objet : Re: [TenTec] New firmware for the Orion...
> >
> > Eric SENSI wrote:
> >
> > >I'm dreaming of a Tentec 756 PROIII MkV ! :-) Much seriously, I
> > just wanted
> > >a radio that works. No way, man, not this time ! Please try again
>
> > later !
> > >Game is over.
> >
> > Don't hold your breath on ICOM.
> >
> > My uncle bought a brand new 756 PRO2 and it worked for 5 months
> > before
> > it died. The old issue of one of the chips burning up is still
> > present
> > and he made sure the unit he received was right off the factory
> line
> > (was only a week or two old).
> >
> > Too bad you're having such issues with the Orion. I'd love to
> have
> > one
> > even if the scope and stuff never worked. I never used it in the
> > Jupiter anyway so all these extra bells and whistles are no
> interest
> > to
> > me. God bless those who use it, it's just not my bag.
> >
> > 73 Jason N1SU
> >
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