Mark, you didn't mention what contest software you're using. If it's WriteLog or N1MM logger, why are you running a separate PTT line? For N1MM Logger, check the "Radio PTT via command" checkbox unde
I'm just suggesting that if you can possibly use a software package that doesn't require the PTT cable in SSB, then you won't need to disconnect it when you switch modes to CW. I just experimented wi
W0DJC mused "No amount of adjustment gets my Orion to sound as punchy as my 1000D." To paraphrase an old saying - with the FT-1000D, you can have your audio sounding any way you want, as long as you
I'm somewhat clueless PSK-wise, but my Digipan receive waterfall traces looks fine from my Orion with low IMD measurements. I take the aux audio out through an audio isolation xfmr into my soundcard'
Mark commented "audio to either of those pins is not intuitively related to the front panel audio routing" Are you saying left aux out doesn't follow left headphone output and right aux out doesn't f
"monitored audio . . . could be louder in my opinion" Try turning up Sub AF 73, Barry N1EU __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http
Vince, Orion audio can be fed to the line input on your soundcard from a number of different Orion outputs: "Line Out" RCA jack on the rear panel or Yellow RCA jack on the Aux I/O cable dongle that c
N3SK asked "Is there any particular advantage to using the key loop (TX OUT/TX EN) circuit vs just the AMP KEY?" Use the key loop if you want to do true QSK, use AMP KEY if you want to do pseudo-PTT
I find the suggestion to eventually allow the Orion user to set his tune power with a new menu setting an excellent idea. 73, Barry N1EU __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finan
My pipe dream would be to reallocate the "Cut" control (which is just another way of doing BW/PBT) so that it does AGC Threshold on the "L" setting and AGC Decay on the "H" setting ;-) 73, Barry N1EU
Rick asked "How many times do you make this adjustment in a 24 hour period?" As a topband dx enthusiast, I am constantly adjusting it. I might have adjusted it 20 times or more within a two hour peri
I've been having a lot of fun playing with the Orion in diversity receive mode. I'm planning on documenting my experiments on my Web site and just posted a couple of short mp3 sound clips so you coul
compares to the FT-1000D's if you ever made that mod? Bill, I never did make the mod to my FT-1000D and the incentive to do it is starting to wane in the wake of the Orion ;-) I think feeding the ver
suitable for diversity, can be simply cured by using RIT on one receiver to offset the "warble" and then tune together. Enjoyed your comments Yuri. The smallest RIT step seems to be 10hz so I'm not s
Disconnecting or shorting the antenna terminals on Orion produced quite a bit of "noise floor." This appears to be a noise generated by the circuits (IF amp after mixer?) Turning the preamp on, incre
We are looking at the bare front end S/N performance and sensitivity. I will look at those aspects when I get more intimate with Orion and get into the receiver. Yuri, I could be wrong but I believe
very high, and there's no signal to cause gain compression. Yeah, what Grant said ;-) Grant, do you have a theory on how the RF Gain control fits into the picture? Thanks & 73, Barry N1EU ___________
I searched for a weak signal on a relatively quiet band to conduct an experiment comparing the Orion with a FT-1000D. The Orion actually did sound a little noisier than I thought it would although I
John & Yuri - I forgot to mention that you might here some mp3 encoding artifacts, esp with the quieter FT1000D - sounds a little like a flock of birds, but this shouldn't detract from the object of
Yes, it's normal. You should also try lowering the decay rate to 5 or 10 dB/S and increasing the hang time. 73, Barry N1EU __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your r