Using the QSK keying loop will absolutely, positively prevent hot keying your amp. It does what it's supposed to do. The accesssory connector is a holdover from times before the firmware supported th
No, there is no way to save the setting. Perhaps a call to Ten-Tec, or a request to ditsnbits might either get you an answer, or a feature in a future firmware release. Grant/NQ5T __________________
I think you totally misunderstand AGC THRESHOLD as applied in the Orion. The RF gain control in the less modern receivers you refer to does much more than simply change, as a byproduct, AGC threshol
I hadn't tried that before, but it appears they are indeed coupled, at least in the most current FW release. Either RIT ought to be fixed at 10 Hz (probably not the best answer), have it's own step
The crash of the Hindenburg was a disaster. The threshold control can be set up to be one button push away ... Not sure I understand why adjusting THRESHOLD should have any impact on S-Meter indicat
Well, for those of who find Hi/Lo CUT highly useful... this reallocation suggestion best be couched as an option. Don't need somebody elses bright idea messing with MY receiver's control layout, whi
sets The 7800 is sort of built that way -- but with concentric controls, and that typical puny tuning knob for the second receiver. But for about the same price, you could buy three Orions, rack and
Yeh, it was probably me feeling the side of the elephant :-) I believe that's exactly what is happening. And the "proof", based on my meager understanding, is that when an antenna or some RF source
Not sure why we keep going back to those "tests". Even John Devoldere very politely did what he could to try and debunk that particular urban legend in his Orion review. Like the tale that Mr. Roger
I don't think we want to "repeat" that test. It needs to be done in such a way that there are true metrics for performance, that test conditions are known and adequately controlled and documented, a
Thanks, Yuri. That's the second public personal insult in about the last hour or so. You're really clicking now ... For the record, you're ergonomic review was written from the same sour point of vi
This question has come up a couple of times. The Orion has no provision for taking ALC input from an amp. It's generally unnecessary with tube amplifiers. However, one contributor pointed out that t
There's a perverse need to have something to complain about. SWEEP fills the bill :-) Grant/NQ5T _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://list
Note that I didn't say there weren't any issues ... just that it's always good to have SOMETHING to grumble about ..... think how boring this list would be without that .... :-) Grant/NQ5T -- Grant Y
The T-T solid state amps (no longer in production) used the band data information. Also, most of the automatic antenna/filter switching products (such as Top-Ten, W0XB) now support Orion band data.
When the Orion first shipped, the band edges were the hamband edges - - nothing outside the ham bands. According to the specs, it was supposed to have been 10Khz on each end. I talked to the enginee
I noticed a few additional POD features in 1.369. Sorry if this is redundant ... I don't recall seeing anything about it, but I've been basking with Hawaiian sea turtles for two weeks, and haven't pa
That does seem to be the case. It also the case that if you turn power down and then "spin" the power control to a higher value that the power rises slowly (a second maybe) to the power set point. So
This does't sound like a "protection" mechanism. It's the response of TGC, which I suspect has a long time constant for other reasons. Bet the guy at the other end 99 times out of 100 will never hea