My 2 cents worth, as a happy Orion II owner and sometime user (but not owner) of a Pro III, is that neither is all that hard to learn to use, but they are different and each has its fans. The real qu
Hi all, I've had my O2 for nearly a year now, and am currently running 2.037j. I'm no musician, just an old CW operator, but I cannot hear any meaningful distortion. I normally run the NR at 4, NB an
I'm using MMTTY for RTTY and Digipan for PSK. Both are free downloads and work well with my Argo V, using just the TT cable into the sound card (no interface box required). They work well using eithe
Most amps have two jacks on the back besides RF input and output: a relay jack to control B+ voltage and T/R switching, that is normally controlled from the exciter (transceiver), and an ALC output j
There's another issue besides amp switching: the Argo V has no provision for ALC control. That's probably not a problem for most amps, with only 20 W of drive, but you didn't say what sort of amp you
KH8SI was pretty easy from Arizona on 30 CW and 17 SSB, but where my O2 really showed its stuff was working 3Y0X on 160, barefoot, with a "nothing" antenna -- a quarter-wavelength inverted L only 25
Hi all, I just downloaded and installed 2.037J in my O2. Haven't yet tried it (other than turning the radio on to see that it still works) so I have no report to give. I should mention, however, that
I guess different folks want different strokes, but I found the sidetone too loud with previous firmware and kept it set at 10 or 20. With 2.037j I find 40 to be about right for me. I generally liste
I don't have DX4WIN, but I noticed that after installing 2.037j the antenna switching settings in the O2 menu were deleted and had to be put back in manually. Once I did that, the auto antenna switch
I agree with Ron. With 2.034, it sounded pretty distorted with SP settings higher than 3. Now I can go up to 4 or 5 with acceptable results. Another problem I had with prior firmware, one that I have
Tom, No, I just left the mic gain at 52, that with a TT 706 mike. I ran the SP at 5 during the WAE, with good audio on the monitor. As you suggested, though, I'll experiment with turning down the mic
Ken, For what it's worth, on 40m CW I usually use 0.50 uV threshold, 5 dB/s decay and 0.51 s hang time. That is with version 2.037j. I don't operate 40m SSB. Hope this helps. 73, Ray W2RS
You don't need a TNC or interface box to do RTTY. The supplied audio cable, and a computer running MMTTY or similar software, will work just fine. 73, Ray W2RS
Greg, Yes, when operating PSK/RTTY with the audio cable hook-up, you use the VOX to control T/R switching. That means that you have to adjust the levels to make it happen, but it does work. Some guid