Late last year the serial port on my Orion failed. The DSP module was returned to Ten-Tec who replaced the 4 ceramic 1uF capacitors. I replaced the board and it worked well. Until today. I have been
I think it's a certainty that they used a lot of tools in the software design but I think the route of taking the existing code and trying to make it better is the wrong way altogether. My take on th
I like the look of both the Koss and the Yamaha. I see Koss offer an inline volume control as an accessory and should work with all such headsets. Now if only someone would do an in line PTT assembly
I'd be tempted to try the radio thoroughly first. If you really do suffer with the sort of interference that such a roofing filter will help with then you might want to look in more detail. Personall
I've not been very active of late and not been reading the mail here either for a few months. Getting fired up to work FT5 and 3D20 this weekend, success on both counts so cannot complain, I have fou
Hi, Many thanks for the replies that suggested a serial driver chip failure could well be the problem. This is U600 on the DSP board located behind the front panel. I have investigated and indeed fou
I'm using Commander with DX Lab to control my Orion for logging and would like to set up the user defined controls to do specific things. So far as I recall I have never seen a command reference for
Thanks, I have the info now. Seems the O and OII use the same command set and they now hide the document under the OII menu, ooh sneaky! Anyway thanks to all for the help. I have what I need for now.
Did TT change their knobs since the start of Orion production? My 565AT has knobs with a brushed silver outer appearance but my 302R has a polished chrome ring around it. Thanks Martin, HS0ZED
This is a question related specifically to voice modes (SSB) and in particular comes down to the sound of Orion. It is not about how much bandwidth you like as no doubt we all find that varies with t
Thanks for the replies folks, I guess my original post might have been slightly mis-leading, I was referring to the bandwidth on receive and was prompted to look into this a little after I had Spectr
Guys, I would not, as a matter of course, get into this sort of a discussion as I fear it goes nowhere, but after a night on the beer I can't help but say my tiny little bit, for whatever or not it m
I have no information on this but I wouldn't hold your breath. Beta testing radio software can take a looooong time, depending. With all of the issues that seem to have accompanied the original Orion
As I understand this is necessary to fix whatever it was they broke in the previous release. Which I think nicely proves my point about why Ten-Tec will not do that it's a lesson they probably learne
The Orion has two receivers. The primary receiver is an excellent performer but it essentially covers just the amateur bands. The secondary receiver is much more basic, many have compared it with the
Okay, that's interesting Charles, I haven't really studied the second RX that much but it sounds as if it might almost be as good as the Omni VI. Martin, HS0ZED The Orion is superior to all mainly du
Hi, I think this is normal. According to my manual pushing the tune button should give you 20 watts. If you follow that with pushing the pwr button you should get whatever the power is set to. Martin
I have just bought an Orion 565AT. The radio has 1.373b5 software and suffers from the DSP T/O problem whenever the sweep is running. Usually after a few minutes or so of operation and then touching
Thanks Ron, I see the firmware on that site but only 1.373b5 none of the earlier beta versions shown. Regards Martin, HS0ZED http://www.n5na.net/orion/index.html I used 1.373b3 at Field Day this year
Thanks Guys, The wiki page as noted by Alan below looks like a great resource. No doubt you'll be hearing more from me later. Many Thanks Martin, HS0ZED Alan Sewell N5NA wrote: The firmware is also o