I think a bunch of us should call Jack Burchfield at TT and ask him
what's going on with his company.
This is at the least embarassing for them!
You need a real hotshot micro-code programmer to work on this stuff...I
don't think TT has one anymore.
If they do, he/she is not working on the Orion's, maybe with the
Military projects?.
My OII works OK with what I have on it...so I will wait untill
something better may come alng. The hardware is superb.
73,
Lee, KC9CDT
-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Castro <ronc@sonic.net>
To: Wes Attaway (N5WA) <wesattaway@bellsouth.net>; 'Discussion of
Ten-Tec Equipment' <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Wed, Apr 14, 2010 1:58 pm
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion II v 2.042A: Not Ready for Prime Time!
They probably should have released this as a beta first. In fact, I
wish TT
would return to the days when they had volunteer beta testers in the
field
to give them valuable feed-back.
Ron N6IE
www.N6IE.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wes Attaway (N5WA)" <wesattaway@bellsouth.net>
To: "'Ron Castro'" <ronc@sonic.net>; "'Discussion of Ten-Tec
Equipment'"
<tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 10:42 AM
Subject: RE: [TenTec] Orion II v 2.042A: Not Ready for Prime Time!
> 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) ------------------
> 1138 Waters Edge Circle - Shreveport, LA 71106
> 318-797-4972 (office) - 318-393-3289 (cell)
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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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