- 1. Re: [Orion] Heresy? (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 09:14:14 -0500
- I'd second the point about diversity reception. The second Rx antenna doesn't seem to be critical. You get a very interesting effect as long as the antennas have significantly different patterns. Wit
- /archives//html/Orion/2005-03/msg00087.html (7,518 bytes)
- 2. [Orion] Orion S-meter (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:23:48 -0500
- There's a little article about Orion's S-meter calibration and computer output over at http://blog.aa6e.net/2005/03/ten-tec-orion-s-meter-hamlib.html It explains why you never get < S 1.5 on the mete
- /archives//html/Orion/2005-03/msg00093.html (6,872 bytes)
- 3. [Orion] Orion, *nix, and hamlib (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 09:56:17 -0400
- Any Linux / Orion programmers out there? I've been working on the Orion "backend" for Hamlib, the "universal" free library that aims to provide a rig-independent programming environment. It is now wo
- /archives//html/Orion/2005-04/msg00014.html (7,708 bytes)
- 4. [Orion] Orion ASCII command info (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 11:48:36 -0400
- There is a new edition my analysis of the Orion serial command set at http://www.aa6e.net/aa6e/blog/ocommands.html . I am happy to take additions, corrections, or other comments. There are still a nu
- /archives//html/Orion/2005-05/msg00005.html (7,323 bytes)
- 5. Re: [Orion] Orion error messages (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 23:35:48 -0400
- See, we do need a color LCD -- so we can have a Blue Screen of Death for occasions like this. :-) Seems like the firmware stepped on itself. Spinning the knobs fast? Can you repeat it? 73 Martin AA6E
- /archives//html/Orion/2005-05/msg00010.html (7,878 bytes)
- 6. Re: [Orion] 3 PPM freq stability (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 10:43:20 -0400
- Hank, I report my results and method at http://www.aa6e.net/aa6e/blog/comments.html#freq . I figure that my Orion oscillator is 4 Hz high at 10 MHz, about 0.4 ppm off. I haven't tracked it over exten
- /archives//html/Orion/2005-05/msg00012.html (9,852 bytes)
- 7. Re: [Orion] ARRL (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 14:44:16 -0400
- Tom & QRQers, If QRQ operation would be affected by the proposed "segregate by bandwidth" rules, this needs to go to the ARRL directors and management. And I suggest you contact all the QRQers out th
- /archives//html/Orion/2005-06/msg00022.html (8,250 bytes)
- 8. Re: [Orion] ARRL (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 22:24:02 -0400
- Tommy, I guess we've had this conversation before about ARRL. I have to admit that I don't see the compelling case for restructuring by bandwidth myself. It has some logic, but you need more than tha
- /archives//html/Orion/2005-06/msg00025.html (9,287 bytes)
- 9. Re: [Orion] Turns off with rapid VFO QSY (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 12:29:44 -0400
- Jim, What do you mean "turned off"? Lost receiver audio? What firmware version? I've never seen that problem, but I observe that lots of things slow down when you spin the VFO rapidly. Maybe some eag
- /archives//html/Orion/2005-07/msg00013.html (7,980 bytes)
- 10. Re: [Orion] Turns off with rapid VFO QSY (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 21:48:43 -0400
- Announcing the O II does not mean that O I firmware development is stopped. Possibly (hopefully) much of the "Version 2" software for the original Orion, much waited for, will be in common with the s
- /archives//html/Orion/2005-07/msg00017.html (11,732 bytes)
- 11. Re: [Orion] New Orion II (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 22:02:33 -0400
- Obsolescence and pricing This happens with every computer or automobile you ever bought. Why should it be different with radios? We should be happy that the technology is moving forward, even if it's
- /archives//html/Orion/2005-07/msg00019.html (8,202 bytes)
- 12. [TenTec] Orion TCXO adjustment (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 22:58:00 -0400
- My method of tweaking the Orion's TCXO for best frequency accuracy is described and illustrated at http://blog.aa6e.net . No, you don't need to do this for normal operation, unless you really want to
- /archives//html/Orion/2005-08/msg00003.html (7,003 bytes)
- 13. Re: [Orion] HELP!!!!!!! Orion frozen, reset won't work!! (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 13:11:05 -0400
- Dick, I can offer consolation, but not much help. I worry about the same problem occuring with my setup since I run Windows under VMware on my Fedora Linux machine - also with a Keyspan USB-serial de
- /archives//html/Orion/2005-08/msg00018.html (7,855 bytes)
- 14. Re: [Orion] Laptop to Orion, USB to serial adapter (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 23:51:12 -0400
- I have a Keyspan 4 port that works fine with the Orion. However, I am running Linux. It's possible there is something funny about the Windows drivers, but usually Linux is more tricky than Windows ab
- /archives//html/Orion/2005-08/msg00030.html (8,200 bytes)
- 15. Re: [Orion] Orion Hardware NB bug from N6BV (Gary Tuck) (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 11:48:19 -0500
- No such menu option on my Orion! (1.372) If you disable the antenna tuner (is that what you mean?), there is no difference in the keying relay sound for me. I suspect the sound comes from the reed re
- /archives//html/Orion/2005-11/msg00018.html (8,454 bytes)
- 16. Re: [Orion] Orion I - problem with tuning AM with VFO B (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 20:14:52 -0500
- You didn't say which firmware you're running, but I have seen the same problem on my Orion (1.372). It's not repeatable for me, but when it happens, I can fix it by "fiddling" with other controls. Ca
- /archives//html/Orion/2005-12/msg00023.html (8,368 bytes)
- 17. Re: [Orion] O2 versus Orion (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 11:13:15 -0500
- Does anyone understand this point? I used to think all the Orion (1) frequencies were derived from the TCXO. I've had reasonable luck tweaking the oscillator for better accuracy, as have others. I ty
- /archives//html/Orion/2006-01/msg00015.html (8,084 bytes)
- 18. Re: [Orion] AV? (Re: Screen Saver) (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 20:38:15 -0500
- Yes, I understand an image can be imprinted on the LCD, but it's reversible if you run a pure white screen for a long enough time. (Orion won't let you do that, of course.) An instruction manual is e
- /archives//html/Orion/2006-01/msg00026.html (9,718 bytes)
- 19. Re: [Orion] Orion I firmware (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 09:11:59 -0500
- The solution, sadly, is to reload v 1.372. That's what many of us have done. This beta version is way too much "beta". Sad, because it shows a lot of promise. AN worked OK for me, but the SP situatio
- /archives//html/Orion/2006-02/msg00018.html (8,226 bytes)
- 20. [Orion] Lost v2 sweep (score: 1)
- Author: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 20:31:54 -0500
- Has anyone seen this? I did the v2 sweep mod, loaded 2.054b, didn't like it, and reverted to 1.372. Now, I loaded 2.055, and it is now telling me "V2 Mod not detected". I've tried all possible resets
- /archives//html/Orion/2006-03/msg00005.html (6,570 bytes)
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