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Re: [Orion] No TX Audio (sometimes)

To: Sherman Banks <w4atl@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [Orion] No TX Audio (sometimes)
From: Joe Giacobello <k2xx@swva.net>
Reply-to: k2xx@swva.net
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 10:49:17 -0400
List-post: <mailto:orion@contesting.com>
I have lost TX (and RX) audio in the past, but it was always corrected 
by a master reset.

73, Joe
K2XX

Sherman Banks wrote:
> I have 2.059d in an Orion I and I just ran into an interesting problem. 
> While trying to work N8S split on 40M SSB, I did not have any TX audio. 
>   But if I don't work split, I had audio.
>
> After some experimentation, the radio seems to not like transmitting in 
> the US portion of the 40M phone band when split.  I can swap the VFOs so 
> that I TX low and I get audio. But that's not good.  I can swap the VFOs 
> back to what they should be and my audio will be there for one 
> transmission and then go away.
>
> I then tried to swap the VFO A and VFO B buttons on TX/RX and Sub RX. 
> When I tried to set them to TX on the right frequency there is no audio. 
>   If I swap them to the wrong VFO, then it works.
>
> No TX Audio
> VFO A 7.212 TX Sub RX
> VFO B 7.080 RX
>
> TX Audio
> VFO A 7.212 TX RX Sub RX
>
> TX Audio
> VFO A 7.212 RX
> VFO B 7.080 TX, Sub RX
>
> No TX Audio
> VFO A 7.080 RX
> VFO B 7.212 TX, Sub RX
>
> TX Audio
> VFO A 7.080 TX, Sub RX
> VFO B 7.212 RX
>
> It doesn't matter which VFO is on the Sub RX.
>
> Is this a known issue with 2.059d and is there a work around?
>
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