Gregg, Congrats! I honestly believe you will really like the OII. I think you made a great decision getting OII vs 7800. The front end is awesome on the OII. The roofing filters are great. When I wor
Gregg, It's just a starting point as everyone has different needs, ears and of course antenna's. You will find after a while you use basically the same settings, but change the AGC (especially thresh
Carl, Try, Mic gain 50-65 Sp 3 ( no higher) TX EQ +5 Low Freq. rolloff 150 TX bandwidth (wherever you like, I use 2400 most of the time) 73, Lee, KC9CDT
CVArl, Actually, even though I have not tested it, Bob Heil told me the HC4 is not desirable with Orion's. He said use the studio element ( wide setting on proline etc.) or the HC5 element. I have us
Dennis, Excuse me, we are not dysfunctional, we are only wanting out radios to be right. Yes, we have some reported problems with the firmware in Orion's. Yes, we have worked together to determine th
Dennis, Where the heck are you coming from....???? Are you talking about some of the people that used to work for you? If you are THEY ARE NOT HERE, go back and complain to them, not us! While I cert
Larry, If I were you, I would get the used Orion classic, and run version 1.371 firmware on it. If you have been following the list here, you know why I am recommending this direction. You can always
I don't think that includes all the various other hardware mods that came out since OI was first built??? Just give them a call Monday and ask Paul Clinton, he is a super helpful guy down there. 73,
Grant, Is there a list of what has been changed or did you just try out all the broken stuff to find out what's been changed/fixed/?? Also. there is no sane reason why we should have to have differen
Hi Gang, I am taking a quick look at the inside of my OII to see if something obvious is wrong. My ALC light never blinks, Ever. My question is: I have the top cover off, now it looks like to get at
Art, I assure you I am a competent tech. -:). That being said, I have learned through the years that the first time you dig into somrthing new... ask if there is any gotcha's... I'm going to call Pau
Heil Goldline Mic, ALC is working (power setting controls output) And audio output works fine. The light has never come on since I got OII in Feb. At least I think from all that that the ALC is worki
John, I think you will absolutley love the OII. Looking forward to your opinions + and - (nothing is perfect), IMHO mostly +. Anything we can help you with after you get it, please ask. There certain
Well, I don't know who at TT monitors the reflector, but I can tell you Scott Robbins does, and he is SALES. I'm sure he carries the general issue forward, after all he would like high sales numbers
Dan, Wel said Sir. Oh by the way... TT DOES monitor this reflector! I will continue to do whatever I can to help make OII an even better radio, on the reflector, direct communications with TT managem
I don't know, I have an Alpha 91b which is not in production now for quite a while. Built in Bulgaria..... When I got it (and another time since I got it) I called Alpha for tune up advise, double ch
Me too! Great news is this is the kind of bug that is typically easy to fix because it is repeatable with a specific scenario. Anyone that has found it to be true and wants it fixed, sent e-mail to D