- 1. [Orion] Narrow SSB Filter Settings (Contests) (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>
- Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2003 07:24:37 -0400
- I've played around with SSB settings and discovered the following: 1. I have the Ten-Tec 218 1800 Hz filter which I measured at a little over 1900 Hz 6 dB bandwidth. If you leave Orion's Filters Menu
- /archives//html/Orion/2003-10/msg00000.html (7,491 bytes)
- 2. [Orion] Heil Pro Set HC-4 (Orion) (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>
- Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2003 16:03:52 -0400
- KE7GI: the "punch" of the HC-4 for DX and contests? Do not set TX EQ to a positive number since this would emphasize more lows and thus lose the higher frequency punch of the HC-4. Setting it to a ne
- /archives//html/Orion/2003-10/msg00004.html (6,970 bytes)
- 3. [Orion] Orion update 1.363 now available (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>
- Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 17:02:14 -0400
- http://www.rfsquared.com/Orion/orionmain.htm 08/25/03 Version 1.359 - Added Hardware NB control to the NB button. Press and Hold to toggle. - Added bandwidth/mode association. Mode auto recalls last
- /archives//html/Orion/2003-10/msg00009.html (8,325 bytes)
- 4. [Orion] [TenTec] Orion update 1.363 now available (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>
- Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 10:13:43 -0400
- Now the RF squared website says: This update requires a MASTER RESET AND CLEARING of USER SETTINGS! <http://www.rfsquared.com/Orion/orionmain.htm>http://www.rfsquared.com/Orion/orionmain.htm I believ
- /archives//html/Orion/2003-10/msg00013.html (6,821 bytes)
- 5. [Orion] ORION audio (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>
- Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 20:15:19 -0500
- Larry, this is the post you missed: http://dayton.akorn.net/pipermail/tentec/2003-October/038631.html I missed it also or I would not have used 1.365 for the contest. I did get one unsolicited report
- /archives//html/Orion/2003-10/msg00016.html (7,746 bytes)
- 6. [Orion] a non-owner plays with the Orion (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>
- Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 20:37:36 -0500
- a color display mean that those criers have just flunked the IQ test - radio-appearance-preference version, that is. No kidding! What a shame that cosmetics are the most important issue to the applia
- /archives//html/Orion/2003-10/msg00017.html (9,677 bytes)
- 7. [Orion] RE: SSB Bandwidth, readability, power, etc. (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>
- Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 17:29:17 -0500
- K3NA wrote: Outside of the question of intelligibility, if one makes ones signal narrower (e.g., 1800 Hz vs 2500 Hz), does one invite adjacent stations to encroach on ones transmit frequency? Would e
- /archives//html/Orion/2003-11/msg00007.html (7,546 bytes)
- 8. RE: [ct-user] Ten-Tec Orion (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>
- Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 16:12:21 -0500
- Great news for Orion fans!!! Just got the following from Ken K1EA: This is in progress. - Ken <http://us.f412.mail.yahoo.com/ym//ym/Compose?To=anonymous@ailm.pair.com&YY=82917&order=down&sort=date&po
- /archives//html/Orion/2003-11/msg00010.html (8,582 bytes)
- 9. [TenTec] Heil HC-4 and Orion (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>
- Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2003 11:46:44 -0500
- Has anyone been able to successfully use the HC-4 with Orion? I've tried two different elements and many MIC and SP different settings but cannot seem to find any combination which is not clipping th
- /archives//html/Orion/2003-11/msg00013.html (6,974 bytes)
- 10. [TenTec] Heil HC-4 and Orion (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>
- Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 07:06:53 -0500
- Thanks to all who replied...just a quick followup. Most who were successfully using both HC-4 and HC-5 were using much higher MIC settings than I had been using. I tried adjusting MIC as the new manu
- /archives//html/Orion/2003-11/msg00015.html (7,921 bytes)
- 11. [Orion] Question about noise floor (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>
- Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 21:32:04 -0500
- KC9CDT: ORION with no NR on = very loud and annoying background noise... This is the Digital AGC bringing up the background noise. Try increasing AGC Threshold and it should decrease. I sometimes set
- /archives//html/Orion/2003-11/msg00017.html (6,789 bytes)
- 12. Re: [Orion] Question about noise floor (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>
- Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 07:47:30 -0500
- I got this from Lee KC9CDT and am forwarding it to the reflector for general info (less the .pdf attachment which the reflector cannot handle. This attachments is provided with all firmware revisions
- /archives//html/Orion/2003-11/msg00019.html (9,381 bytes)
- 13. Re: [Orion] Question about noise floor (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>
- Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 14:33:33 -0500
- Hi Lee! At 12:54 PM 11/11/03, you wrote: OK, yes the test works exactly as you said it would. I have been experimenting with the AGC threshold values. I understand completely whats happening here. AN
- /archives//html/Orion/2003-11/msg00020.html (13,407 bytes)
- 14. [Orion] Question about noise floor (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>
- Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 07:29:45 -0500
- N1EU wrote: The digital AGC does not amplify - a signal will emerge with the maximum gain if the digital AGC applies no compression to it. Barry, I share your confusion about how this works. Note the
- /archives//html/Orion/2003-11/msg00023.html (9,305 bytes)
- 15. [Orion] Question about noise floor (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>
- Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 10:05:26 -0500
- the AGC through practice. Very true! I know MUCH more now than I did when I got Orion on August 20, but I still don't understand WHY some of the settings work the way they do, and that still bothers
- /archives//html/Orion/2003-11/msg00025.html (8,839 bytes)
- 16. [Orion] Programmable AGC Problem (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>
- Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 23:07:31 -0500
- NT1Y wrote: I could not set the Main RX programmable AGC decay below 80 dB/s. Strange Bill...no problem here or with 1.365 either for that matter. Maybe you should do a Master Reset. 73, Bill W4ZV __
- /archives//html/Orion/2003-11/msg00029.html (6,704 bytes)
- 17. [TenTec] Orion Warmup for CQ WW CW (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>
- Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 12:10:42 -0500
- Decided to warmup using Orion on 10 meters in the LZ DX Contest today, and discovered some interesting settings while making about 120 QSO's (mostly weak EU): Case 1 - some atmospheric noise on the b
- /archives//html/Orion/2003-11/msg00039.html (8,070 bytes)
- 18. [Orion] Good news from K1EA re Orion CT fans! (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>
- Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 12:33:49 -0500
- Yippee! Just in time for CQ WW CW! Thanks to Ken K1EA. 73, Bill W4ZV [ct-user] CT9.92 with TenTec Orion Support http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/CT-User/2003-11/msg00059.html This should be
- /archives//html/Orion/2003-11/msg00040.html (7,991 bytes)
- 19. [Orion] [TenTec] Orion Warmup for CQ WW CW (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>
- Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 07:03:19 -0500
- KE5C wrote: If you, or anyone else, comes up with some magic settings for the ARRL 160 the first weekend in December, please let us know. John, I haven't used Orion in a 160 contest yet, but have us
- /archives//html/Orion/2003-11/msg00041.html (8,464 bytes)
- 20. [Orion] Microphone for the Orion (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>
- Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 16:38:56 -0500
- W0YG: elements. NQ5T: I thought that issue had been cleared up. Sorry, away over Thanksgiving here. Yes it has been cleared up and was completely my error since I had virtually not used Orion on SSB
- /archives//html/Orion/2003-11/msg00053.html (7,927 bytes)
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