ok, here's what I found out today from talking to Ten Tec, and from Ray's
suggestion (W2RS) here on the reflector.
Ten Tec said the occasional popping that I'm hearing is receiver overload.
They also said I was not the first person to mention this to them with
respect to this software version. Their suggestion was to turn on the rf
attenuator.
However, I found that by following Ray's advice, and tightening up the
roofing filter to 2.4 khz, that took care of the popping while leaving the
audio intact.
The other way to solve it, as I mentioned last night, is to change the agc
slope from flat to one of the other 2 settings. But I prefer not to do that,
as the flat setting just sounds richer to the way I hear things.
The other issue, the waterfall display not being on this software version; I
was left with the impression that it will come back in a future release. Of
course, if it doesn't, I can always go back to a software version that has
it.
73 de "Not Quite as Clueless in Fancy Gap"
Jack W4TJE
-----Original Message-----
From: Rsoifer@aol.com
Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 3:55 PM
To: tentec@contesting.com ; n4py2@earthlink.net
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Re 02 2.0444A questions
Yes, tthey're plug-in. No soldering.
In a message dated 11/22/2010 8:43:47 P.M. GMT Standard Time,
cdistflatfoot@gmail.com writes:
are the filters just snap in ?
On 11/22/2010 3:12 PM, N4PY2 wrote:
> Yes, the 2.4 khz roofing is automatically selected when your DSP BW is
2.4
> or lower. If you put the 1,8 filter in, that will come on when you go
to
> 1.8 or lower.
>
> I believe my son, N4YDU has a 1.8 khz filter for sale at a good price.
>
> Carl Moreschi N4PY
> 121 Little Bell Drive
> Hays, NC 28635
> www.n4py.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From:<Rsoifer@aol.com>
> To:<tentec@contesting.com>;<n4py2@earthlink.net>
> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 3:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Re 02 2.0444A questions
>
>
>> Right.
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 11/22/2010 7:47:03 P.M. GMT Standard Time,
>> cdistflatfoot@gmail.com writes:
>>
>> Ok , so I might try a 1.8 filter for ssb and this only helps if I am
>> narrower than 2.4kwith dsp filtering is that correct ? and if I have
>> the filter selection on auto it will kick on only when the dsp is
below
>> 2.4 . John
>>
>> On 11/22/2010 2:16 PM, N4PY2 wrote:
>>> The Orion comes with a standard 2400 hertz roofing filter for SSB and
a
>>> standard 1000 hertz roofing filter for CW.
>>>
>>> Carl Moreschi N4PY
>>> 121 Little Bell Drive
>>> Hays, NC 28635
>>> www.n4py.com
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From:<Rsoifer@aol.com>
>>> To:<tentec@contesting.com>
>>> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 2:06 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Re 02 2.0444A questions
>>>
>>>
>>>> Barry,
>>>>
>>>> Most of the time I'd agree with you, but as Jack described his
>> situation,
>>>> a
>>>> roofing filter narrower than 6 kHz (be it 2.4 or 1.8) might help.
For
>> CW,
>>>> I generally use 300 Hz, except on 160 where a wide roofing filter
helps
>>>> the DSP NR (as long as there isn't too much strong local
activity).
>>>>
>>>> 73 Ray W2RS
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In a message dated 11/22/2010 6:57:48 P.M. GMT Standard Time,
>>>> barry.n1eu@gmail.com writes:
>>>>
>>>> For ssb, the dsp filtering will be sufficient 99% of the time. If
>> you're
>>>> a
>>>> somewhat serious ssb contester, pop a 1.8Khz filter in - otherwise,
>> don't
>>>> bother. Narrow roofing filters potentially help much more with cw.
>>>>
>>>> Barry N1EU
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 6:32 PM, John Molenda
>>>> <cdistflatfoot@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Ray , I have no optional roofing filters in my Orion II but
have
>>>>> sometimes wished for them . what filter would be my first and
2nd
>>>>> choice to load up on ssb . I work ssb 75 percent of the time and
am
>>>>> just looking to narrow things up when needed . thanks John
>>>>>
>>>>> On 11/22/2010 1:10 PM, Rsoifer@aol.com wrote:
>>>>>> Jack,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm not sure these are the best settings either, but here's
what I
>>>> do.
>>>>> To
>>>>>> me, AGC Slope works best at 1:10 so I leave it there. On SSB, my
>>>> front
>>>>>> panel AGC button is set to Prog, which translates to Hang 0, Decay
>>>>>> 10
>>>>> dB/s
>>>>>> and Threshold 1.00 uV. On the Filtr menu, all of the optional
>>>>>> roofing
>>>>>> filters (I have them all too) are enabled and Xtal filter is set
to
>>>> Auto.
>>>>> With
>>>>>> the DSP filter set to 2750, that would auto-select the 6 kHz
>>>>>> roofing
>>>>> filter,
>>>>> > which may be your problem. If you set the DSP filter to
2400,
>> that
>>>>> should
>>>>>> auto-select the 2.4 kHz roofing filter instead.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I generally use the 6 kHz roofing filter for 160-meter CW (tnx,
Bob
>>>> K8IA,
>>>>>> for that tip) but 2.4 kHz for SSB.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hope this helps.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 73 Ray
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In a message dated 11/22/2010 5:52:19 P.M. GMT Standard Time,
>>>>>> Thomas.Emerson.Jr@morganstanleysmithbarney.com writes:
>>>>>>
>>>>> >
>>>>>> Hey Ray,
>>>>>> Not sure how well this is going to work. I'm at work now, just
>>>> checking
>>>>>> for replies via the archives on this work station.
>>>>>> OK, here's your answers. I have all the filters installed. It
does
>>>>>> not
>>>>> do
>>>>>> it on cw. It mostly occurs on 75m, at night, when lots of strong
>>>> signals
>>>>>> and QRM are around. And it's not like it's happening constantly,
>>>>>> just
>>>>>> occasional popping in the audio, if very strong signals are on
>>>> frequency
>>>>> or nearby.
>>>>>> I usually keep the filter on ssb set at 2750 hz. I'm thinking
maybe
>>>>>> I
>>>>> need
>>>>>> to cut it below 2400, and let that roofing filter kick in. Will
try
>> it
>>>>>> tonight.
>>>>>> And the hardware nb is off. Using nr helps, and moving the agc
>> slope
>>>>> from
>>>>> > flat to one of the other 2 settings eliminates it. But I
prefer
>> to
>>>> keep
>>>>>> agc slope at the flat setting, so I'm hoping someone else has
>>>>> experienced
>>>>>> this and found a solution other than the agc slope adjustment.
>>>>>> I would think that adjusting the agc menu settings (decay, hang,
>>>>>> threshold) would do it, but I haven't found the right combo yet.
>>>>>> Jack W4TJE
>>>>> >
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