John, Many thanks for the update. I am primarily a CW operator, and as such I find the waterfall display in v2.041XT very useful. It is very fast, keeping up with the sender's CW to within less than
That slogan's been around for a few months now. I hope it doesn't mean that T-T is conceding the CW market to Elecraft. Anyway, their new Chinese QRP rigs transmit only CW. 73 Ray W2RS In a message d
John, Many thanks for the update and all the good work. 73 Ray W2RS In a message dated 5/21/2010 9:17:52 P.M. GMT Standard Time, jhenry@tentec.com writes: We have released another version of firmware
Hi Steve, I bought mine new in 2005. The S/N is 10C10244. You might try asking Stan at T-T. If anyone knows, he would. 73 Ray W2RS In a message dated 6/1/2010 4:23:36 P.M. GMT Standard Time, restonha
Many thanks, John. I've installed it and will give it a whirl. 73, Ray W2RS In a message dated 6/3/2010 2:27:24 P.M. GMT Standard Time, jhenry@tentec.com writes: Based on customer inputs we have just
Opinions seem to vary on the NR. I find that if I set AGC to Slow, AGC Slope to 1:10 and NR to 9, the popping is reduced somewhat. Another issue is that power output on AM is only 11 watts. That prob
I see that T-T has posted a comment about the NR. My own experience, that using a high setting of NR (9) and an AGC slope of 1:10 reduces the popping and distortion, is in line with their comment. Ho
Hi Kim, Go to _www.tentec.com_ (http://www.tentec.com) , and click on "Announcement New Orion iI Firmware." In a message dated 6/6/2010 4:21:18 P.M. GMT Standard Time, cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net writes
Ron, The NR problem has been fixed (!) but the old low-output problem on AM is back. Mine measures 11 watts carrier power, max. It worked fine with 2.041XT. 73 Ray W2RS In a message dated 6/11/2010 2
John, Funny thing about that. With the mode set to AM, when I hit Tune and then Pwr I get full output like you did, but if I hit the PTT button instead, all I get is 11 watts on the Bird. It worked f
John, To my ears, the new NR in 2.044A works better than 2.039D, but I recognize that that is subjective. Otherwise, you're right: it's mainly about the sweep display, which I never used much anyway.
Martin, Yes, 25 watts would be right. 73 Ray In a message dated 6/11/2010 4:12:04 P.M. GMT Standard Time, hs0zed@csloxinfo.com writes: Not sure what the power 'should be', but a transmitter with a pa
John, I don't have a true peak-reading wattmeter, so I can't measure the PEP output. Jim may be right about controlled-carrier; I can't tell. When using TUNE and PWR, I get 95 watts, but only 11 watt
Tnx Ron, That seems a bit low to me. The peaks should be closer to 100 watts, no? 73, Ray W2RS In a message dated 6/12/2010 12:03:13 A.M. GMT Standard Time, ronc@sonic.net writes: I'm seeing 14.5 Wat
Hi Martin, I just tried that with my Orion 2. With the PTT button down and no audio, I got 12 watts this time (not 11). I whistled into the mike and got 27 watts (I'm not very good at whistling). Per
Ron, Jerry and all, I remember a QST article in the mid 1950s that described a system called "ultra modulation" that could produce positive peaks up to 200-300%. It wasn't legal for broadcasting, of
I'm sure that some hams got splatter complaints, but we never did to my knowledge. We didn't use it very long, because W1MX a CE 200V and went SSB in 1962. Boy, what a kluge that 200V was. It was mos
Mine doesn't seem to work that way. With PWR set to 100, output is 96 W. So far, so good. Then, when I hit the PTT, output is 12 W. .I then talk, whistle, etc. When I'm done, but with PTT still on, o
Hi all, My ALC lights up with a 706 mike and gain set to 52 per the manual. 73 Ray W2RS In a message dated 6/15/2010 8:04:24 P.M. GMT Standard Time, w3krq@dejazzd.com writes: The lateis update the pr
Jerry is right about power limits. Under the present rule limiting PEP output, there is no point in running more than 100% positive modulation, or much more than that anyway. As for the 1950s "ultra