Wow
Great Post. Who would have thought the mic connector was wired backwards?
Problem is there have been so many bugs in the software that we assume (odds
are overwhelming) that anything that goes wrong must be a software issue.
That's been the case so many times in the past.
I could not get 2.059 to work on my machine - turns out there was a bad chip
on the logic board that allowed 2.057 to work but not 2.059. My O1 has been at
the TT hospital since Sept 18 and I look forward to its return any day now so I
can see how it is supposed to work.
k4ia
Buck
Fredericksburg VA
-----Original Message-----
From: kg6tt@arrl.net
To: tentec@contesting.com
Sent: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 1:25 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion 565 AT Ver2.059
I am sorry, I simply don't get it. Once I fixed "my" problem with the audio
chain I have had absolutely no operating issues with version 2.059d. In fact,
it
is the best performing Orion yet.
If you are having issues I suggest you take a new approach and look to what
might be external to the transceiver and make sure that is all ok. Remember,
version 2.059d completely reconfigures sideband generation in the Orion
simplifying the up front filtering etc and by doing so obtaining more processor
and DSP availability for other functionality improvements. Now the down side of
this is that the input audio must really be pretty void of stray 'rf'.
Unbalancing the audio input (not good) and/or inadvertently combining the PTT
return line with the mic - return (really bad) is all you have to do to make
the
reconfigured Orion's input and SSB generation circuitry cranky. On the other
hand, doing this right (not just buying stuff and connecting it but actually
'verifying' that everything is as it should be) solves so many version 2
issues.
Now I obtain glowing, unsolicited, audio reports. I use my speech processor...
I
use the Monitor function... everything runs as designed.
The sad part to all this is that I was one of those complaining types. I was
convinced that version 2.059d was broken. I complained... I turned in bug
reports... I was just about to toss the towel and go back to an Omni-VI+. Then
Paul told be for the I don't know how many times to make sure my audio input
was
configured exactly as stated in the manual. I assumed it was after all I had a
new Heil Studio One microphone and a new Heil audio cable. Well, I finally
decided to take a more assertive approach and I took all that apart and found a
missing ground in the Studio One (not good) but more importantly I found that
the cable jack to the microphone and the microphone plug were cross wired!
Essentially the mic- from the microphone was being connected to the shield of
the cable and the shield of the microphone was being connected to the mic- of
the cable! Could be done worse and still make noise. I fixed the ground and
reversed those connections within the mic cable inline jack
and all was happy.
If you think you have issues with distorted audio, uncontrollable Speech
processing, distorted Monitor, irregular VOX functionality, etc... running
version 2.059d firmware look toward what you are connecting to that front panel
microphone connector. The problem may honestly be yours.
73,
Jerry, KG6TT
Fairfield, CA
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Ralph Jerald "Jerry" Volpe
Amateur Radio Operator KG6TT
ARRL Member & VE
FISTS 12304
788 Chestnut Drive
Fairfield, CA 94533
kg6tt@arrl.net
510 325-7724
707 399-8838 FAX
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