I appreciate the design point of having two receivers, not two VFO's, and the potential flexibility that this provides us as users. This does bring up the difficulty of how to manage the added comple
Well, I wouldn't call it "user vicious!" Actually, I forwarded this idea to Scott a while back and he seemed receptive to it. As Pete mentioned, if the menu setting is set for tracking, then A>B and
Hmm, this is odd. I'm still waiting for someone to explain why this simple quick QSX function is somehow counter to the Orion's new design point? One is a design point, the other is a usability featu
Oh, please. I hate to bring up the "I" word, but certain rigs starting with that letter have "Quick Split" or some similar name which does something similar. In other words, it's "state of the art" i
Hi Carl, You're sure tempting me with your software! But what if I don't have a pod and have no room on the desk for it? Can it be programmed to some other rig key? I suppose it could be done from th
Wow, what I don't get is how this comes back to 2 receivers vs. 2 VFO's. It's only a suggestion to improve the usefulness of a top notch radio. Today the setup is more clumsy than it needs to be. Tha
Barry's point, if you re-read his note, is to allow the user to select whether he wants all the information transferred to the subRX or not. In other words, you get to choose how it works. I'm sure y
Hi Ron, My apologies. I guess I misread what you were saying. I also work in development engineering on very large server computers, so I'm very aware of requirements, specifications, the chaos that
Amen. Loved mine, and wish I could have paid the Orion bill without selling it. But I like the Orion too! 73, Duane -- Duane Calvin, AC5AA Austin, Texas http://home.austin.rr.com/ac5aa
I've never had this happen on my 2 month old Orion. It did happen on one I used last fall. Are you sure this is a firmware issue? Sounded to me like something was breaking into oscillation, but I hea
I use an Alpha 99 via keying loop 1, but I use the KEY input on the rear (y-adapter for the Logikey on one side and the parallel port circuit on the other side). Have only run about 30 minutes of fai
YES!! He simply wasn't hearing me with low power, and was handing out a lot of 539 reports, so since my 17m antenna is a 80/40m vertical, I knew I need to use all the power I had (well, 600w worth an
Oh no, not this discussion again! Look back in the archives when the Pegasus came out. I do find it interesting that the Pegasus eventually went away to be replaced by the Jupiter, which is the same
I didn't neglect that detail. Until I see a "virtual" design that does things faster and more efficiently than knobs and buttons, there is no reason for me to switch. If I have to grab the mouse to m
A reed relay is used in the VI+ for T/R switching, but it is very quiet, and I have no idea why someone would say a rig is "not QSK" if they can hear a relay. One has no bearing on the other. 73, Dua
Nope - Ten-Tec sells them at distinctly different prices. Example? Here's from this month's Used/Demo list: 563 Omni-VI $1195 563/OPT1 Omni-VI with user installed VI+ DSP $1270 563/OPT3 Omni-VI facto
I am still working on a solution to my ProSet / Heil adapter / Orion TX audio hum situation - thanks to many of you for very helpful hints. One thing I wanted to post for others who may stumble into
Do you also use the PTT connections? Paul's words were that pin 2 should never be tied to chassis ground. That is essentially what Heil's page recommends - a general recommendation, not Orion-specifi
Thanks, Bruce - that is exactly what I was going to try this evening before I got called out on another matter. That is what Paul suggested, and I'll have it wired by tomorrow night or over the weeke