Seems to me that we don't yet KNOW that the CPU/DSP board has to be
"replaced" to accept Ver 2.0 firmware. The original information
certainly did not support that conclusion. So, I suggest we hold fire
until we hear more. This may be a misinterpretation of the facts, or it
could mean what has been said.
73, Duane
On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 20:53:18 -0600 "Don and Diana Cunningham"
<wb5hak@duracom.net> writes:
> I just bought a demo Orion from them last week, and sure would have
> been
> nice to know that this CPU/DSP board needed to be upgraded (or has
> been
> already) to accept version 2.0 software!! I emailed to ask about
> this, but
> no reply as yet. I may call, as my "30 day trial" isn't over yet,
> hi. I
> hate to have to ship it in, as the UPS gorillas punched a sizeable
> hole in
> the box in it's first voyage. I was just very lucky that Ten Tec
> builds a
> "false bottom" in their boxes and that one thing saved my Orion! By
> the
> way, I LOVE the Orion, and Stan Brock and I felt that my operating
> style
> wouldn't benefit from the extra features of the Orion II. I run
> predominately RTTY on the upper bands, and some 160m casual SSB.
> Hoping to
> get my CW skills back up to par, but that's after I learn the
> cockpit of the
> Orion, hi. Any digital tips from you experts is appreciated!!
> Running AFSK
> with a Hal ST-6000, and loving it!
> 73,
> Don, WB5HAK
>
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