As an afterthought, why are all of Rob's Orion comments posted on the 7800 list? I don't believe I've ever seen him show up over here on the wrong side of the tracks :-) Grant/NQ5T
I shipped my dead II to T-T on Dec 5, and got it back working today, 2 weeks door to door. Turned out to have been U500 on the logic board. The really good news is that it's the first time in memory
I think Rob's observations in this respect, relative to the II/v2 are dead on the mark. It isn't that the radio is "noisy" (in some absolute sense affecting sensitivity), it has to do with AGC behav
If yo go back and read some of Doug Smith's original writings on the Orion, it appears to be DSP-based. I don't recall this ever being an issue on the 565 v1. I suspect it's another benefit of the r
I keep mine between 0.1-0.2. But you're right. And combine that with adjustment of Threshold to band noise conditions, the radio isn't "noisy" at all. Grant/NQ5T
See the section on Transmit Gain Control (TGC), here: http://www.doug-smith.net/digitalagc.htm. V2 or not, I suspect the general notion is still applicable and that transmit ALC is not purely an ana
Possibly true. Problem, though, is that there are too many guys who think that since there is a "processsing" control on the panel it's there to be used or it wouldn't be there. And if a little bit
Hook up your key like you would for any other radio, to a standard stereo (tip-ring-sleeve) 1/4" plug. Instert the plug in the CW jack on the front panel. Go into the menus and turn OFF the internal
You're absolutely right! I also use a Signature. Brain dead tonight. It's Christmas Eve, and there was just too much wine with dinner :-) Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, or whatever holiday of the S
Because, as I said in another post, I was the victim of a brain f*rt, or senior moment, a sweep of major dementia, or something equivalent. Is that a good enough reason? :-) On the other hand, it co
You have the correct DIN connector. You can certainly wire something up a dongle to access the FSK keying lead. I purchased an RCA-14 from LDG Electronics and have relegated anything resembling a do
My Orion II came back from T-T Service sliding loose in the box. The carton had apparently been dropped on its sides and ends so many times by UPS that all three of the side/end supports in the ship
I'd also be wary of relying on digital photographs of radios on the web since you don't know what color balance was set on the camera, and what the actual ambient lighting is. Many digicams leave mu
Yep! Did you mean "cockpit" error or "crackpot" error? :-) (No personal references intended or implied, it just seemed funny or cute or maybe snide to me at the time I typed it. I'm tired of being t