I have been using the Orion for two years and had not noticed this issue - its
a function of how you operate. I use the band decoder output from the Orion to
drive a Top-Ten band decoder and two remote antenna switches. They switch 5
antennas onto the Orion, depending on the band. In testing the issues
associated with the "mode transfer bug," when using the Orion A>B, I noticed
the antenna switch didn't always switch when the B VFO changed frequency. So I
did some testing and what I observe is if the B VFO , for instance, is on 20M,
in split-mode, the band decoder output of the Orion is switched to 20M. If you
use the front key entry pad to put a new frequency on the A VFO, for 40M, and
then do an A>B - the frequency transfers to the B VFO but the band decoder
output of the Orion does not change to 40M. It looks like the Orion band
decoder output only changes when you use the front keypad to change bands or if
you command the Orion remotely, from a program, to go to a new fr
equency/band.
I don't know if the same logic is in the V2.056 firmware - I haven't checked
it. Someone that uses V2.056 may want to check. I'm sure the V1 code won't get
fixed but this should go on the V2 bug list if it is the same logic in V2 -
otherwise you can get a surprise when your amplifier starts to load the wrong
antenna!
73,
Merle - W0EWM
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