It sounds like TenTec has someone "new" working with the software and who
doesn't have a firm grasp of what is going on. It is definitely hard to
understand why they released something with so many defects.
There is obviously a lot of interaction between many of the functions so
whoever is doing the programming would need to have a real good
understanding of how the radio works. They would also need to be able to
turn the radio on and use it. Based on user reports, it doesn't sound like
this is the case.
All-in-all, it is a baffling situation. It has to make everyone wonder
about TenTec's commitment to the O and O-II.
If the code and appropriate notes were released into the public domain then
maybe some of the users could do a better job.
------------------ Wes Attaway (N5WA) ------------------
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-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]
On Behalf Of Ron Castro
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 10:50 AM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion II v 2.042A: Not Ready for Prime Time!
I'm glad we're only test piloting software and not airplanes, or I'd be a
goner for sure!
Ron Castro
Chief Technical Officer
Results Radio, LLC
N6IE
www.N6IE.com
----- Original Message -----
From: <Rsoifer@aol.com>
To: <ronc@sonic.net>; <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 7:34 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion II v 2.042A: Not Ready for Prime Time!
> Ron and others,
>
> Many thanks for your fine work. After playing with 2.042A overnight,
> I've
> re-installed 2.041XT and will await T-T's next try.
>
> 73 Ray W2RS
>
>
> In a message dated 4/14/2010 2:45:00 A.M. GMT Standard Time,
> ronc@sonic.net
> writes:
>
> I keep hoping that it's something simple like a hiccup while I was
> flashing
> the new firmware, so I'm interested if anyone else finds the same things
> I'm
> finding in the behavior.
>
> Ron N6IE
> www.N6IE.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gene Henderson" <wb9hla@comcast.net>
> To: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>; "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment"
> <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 7:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion II v 2.042A: Not Ready for Prime Time!
>
>
>> Ron,
>> Looks like someone forgot to install this on a radio and see if it
> worked.
>> I agree with you
>> not even close to Prime Time
>> Gene WB9HLA
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>
>> To: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>; "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment"
>> <tentec@contesting.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 21:50
>> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion II v 2.042A: Not Ready for Prime Time!
>>
>>
>>> Addendum to my post: on problem #1, I'm referring to the RX audio. TX
>>> audio (other than more drive needed and processor problem) still sounds
>>> broadcast quality.
>>>
>>> Ron N6IE
>>> www.N6IE.com
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>
>>> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 6:41 PM
>>> Subject: [TenTec] Orion II v 2.042A: Not Ready for Prime Time!
>>>
>>>
>>>> Here are a list of problems I found right off with the v. 2.042A, even
>>>> after doing a battery reset and two master resets and memory clear:
>>>> 1.. Very noticeable distortion on all audio. Sounds like overdrive
> in
>>>> IF
>>>> or DSP section.
>>>> 2.. AGC hang in AF AGC. S-meter goes up and never comes down! At
> same
>>>> time, RF gain goes down and does not come back up. If you manually
> turn
>>>> the RF Gain all the way to 0, then back up to 100, the radio is
>>>> essentially muted. This will not happen if the "AGC Hang" setting is
> 0,
>>>> but then distortion is really bad.
>>>> 3.. NR does not work in AF AGC mode. Does seem to work well in RF
>>>> AGC
>>>> mode.
>>>> 4.. Much more audio drive needed on AUX input for SSB. It looks
>>>> like
>>>> about 10 dB more.
>>>> 5.. AM carrier= 1.25 Watts max! That's at 100% PWR setting.
>>>> 6.. FM carrier= 6.4 Watts max.
>>>> 7.. SSB Speech Processor gives only around 50 Watts max peak output.
>>>> You
>>>> can get it up to 100 Watts when you crank it to "way beyond
>>>> reasonable
>>>> distortion".
>>>> 8.. Could not find any sort of S-Meter calibration
>>>> Here are the good points so far:
>>>> 1.. Side tone is louder and spot level is too.
>>>> 2.. Waterfall display is much improved.
>>>> 3.. Difference in frequency between Main and Sub improved, but still
>>>> not
>>>> "phase locked". I detect about 0.1 Hz differential which should make
> it
>>>> fine for true diversity antenna work.
>>>> 4.. In RF AGC mode, the NR really does seem improved, although it's
>>>> hard
>>>> to tell with the audio distortion mentioned above.
>>>> So that's the good, the bad and the ugly of it! I'm QSYing back to v.
>>>> 2.039d, the last one that worked right...
>>>>
>>>> Ron N6IE
>>>> www.N6IE.com
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