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Re: [TenTec] bugs in Orion firmware 2.044A

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] bugs in Orion firmware 2.044A
From: "ROD" <w3krq@dejazzd.com>
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Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:57:53 -0400
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thay are talking the dsp bw not the transmitte bw
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Howlett" <w9xx@hoosierbroadband.com>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 8:25 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] bugs in Orion firmware 2.044A


> Same here....No problem. Plays very well. Bad download?
> W9XX
>
>
> On Jun 17, 2010, at 7:49 PM, John Simon wrote:
>
>> Just to throw a jinx in the comments, my OII returns to whatever I
>> had setup
>> before I turned her off.  BW, PWR, etc, same with User 1 and User 2.
>> I find the 2.044 very similar to 2.039 version.
>> Could there be a difference within the radio , ie tolerances  of
>> components
>> differing?
>>
>>                     John de VK2XGJ
>>               Stop worrying about Life
>>           You'll never get out of it alive
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Steven Kline" <skline4@verizon.net>
>> To: "Rick Borken" <rickb@cpinternet.com>; "Discussion of Ten-Tec
>> Equipment"
>> <tentec@contesting.com>
>> Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 4:00 AM
>> Subject: Re: [TenTec] bugs in Orion firmware 2.044A
>>
>>
>>> Last night I observed a problem somewhat similar to what Rick is
>>> describing.
>>>
>>> I noticed that what ever setting the variable BW is reading prior to
>>> shutting the radio off is not the same BW setting that is restored
>>> if you
>>> turn the radio off and then turn it back on.  For example if I was
>>> in SSB
>>> mode, with BW set to 3000 and then turn the radio off and then
>>> back on;
>>> after boot-up the BW setting may come up as 2480 or some other
>>> number but
>>> not 3000 where it was at prior to shut down.  Same occurs in CW
>>> mode, and
>>> can be replicated.
>>>
>>> Maybe related to same problem below.  Can anyone else validate the
>>> power
>>> on/off sequence and confirm if their BW setting was restored to
>>> same value
>>> as it was before turning the power off?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Steve - W5JK
>>>
>>> On Jun 17, 2010, at 8:39 AM, Rick Borken wrote:
>>>
>>>> Here are three bugs which I have found in the recent 2.044A firmware
>>>> update.
>>>> I have reported them to Ten-Tec:
>>>>
>>>> The fix "fixed restoration of bandwidth when recalling USER
>>>> memory" does
>>>> not
>>>> work correctly in v 2.044A. It behaves differently than it did in
>>>> 2.043,
>>>> but
>>>> it is still incorrect.
>>>> When I recall a USER memory, the bandwidth always gets set to
>>>> 1000 Hz for
>>>> CW, 2400 Hz for FSK and 100 Hz for SSB. It
>>>> does not reset to the value I tried to store in a USER memory.
>>>>
>>>> When I push the RECALL button and then recall the Factory Default
>>>> USER
>>>> settings, the resulting screen shows PWR set to 100, and the
>>>> value of PWR
>>>> is "frozen,"
>>>> and cannot be changed in the normal way by highlighting the
>>>> value and adjusting it with the MULTI knob.
>>>>
>>>> in v 2.044A, the value of "AGC Hang" is  not restored to the
>>>> value stored
>>>> in
>>>> the USER memory when recalling a USER memory.
>>>>
>>>> 73, Rick K0XB
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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