I checked my NB button and I can switch the hardware NB on and off from the front with 2.037j. There were always some sort of keying artifacts that accompanied the side-tone, sort of a "click-clack"
While I can't comment on the similarity of the AGC between the O1 and O2, I suspect that the transmit audio changes were the same, since the apparent fix for the low end loss was to simply add more '
It sounds like a couple of things might be going on. First off, SWR meters are notoriously inaccurate due to anomalies in their construction, and calibration. If there is reflected power on the line,
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The first thing I would check is to make sure that there is ample power supply voltage getting to the radio. IIRC the target voltage is around 13.9 V. Measure at the input connector when keying and s
The meter banging on the peg is normal and I wish they would change the software driven ballistics to fix that...maybe slow down the rise time and release time. As for the power, don't put too much r
I found that 2.037j worked fine with both the new and previous version of the N4PY software. Maybe my computer is more tolerant of the baud rate. I'm using a cheap USB to serial converter into a lapt
I did several hours in the California QSO Party this weekend (all SSB), which was the first real contest work-out for the Orion II and 2.037j software, and the results were spectacular...616 QSO's, 5
Jerry: You got a good deal on the Radio Design Labs module...they usually sell for around $100. I know the owner of that company, Joel Bump very well. He's not a ham, but an excellent design engineer
My first thought also would be a switching power supply, but just to make sure it's not something internal to the Orion, I would disconnect all antennas from the radio and see how the effects the noi
Maybe he likes the Swan because he can hear so much of the band all at once. Then if he waits five minutes, it drifts so far that he can hear a whole new part of the band! Ron N6AHA _________________
Tony: A lot of things could be responsible for that problem. If the firmware got corrupted, reloading would probably fix the problem, but even if not, 2.037j is an excellent upgrade to do. If that do
I have also found that some keyboards are more susceptible to RF than others. I don't know why, but there are definitely differences. http://www.yccc.org/Articles/W1HIS/CommonModeChokesW1HIS2006Apr06
N4PY works very well with the Orion II and also interfaces using the Pegasus OLE interface with most programs, including CommCat. I tried the CommCat demo but found it didn't do what I wanted, so I w
Just out of curiosity, was this the problem that was causing transmit audio distortion on some of the O2's? Ron N6AHA _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contes
Even stranger when you consider that CommCAT's author, Howard Nurse, lives just up the freeway from me here in Sonoma County. It's a beautiful program with a lot of nice features, but I wanted a prog
That should get the job done! I installed the same type of filter (although using 44 Mix) this past weekend. There was no RFI problem but I wanted to make sure, since if all goes according to plan, I
Does anyone know if the pot that is visible through the top of the front chassis in the front of the radio is the contrast control? You have to take the top cover off and IIRC it's about in the cente
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Negative...the latest is October 2006 and covers the 2.037j firmware. I just printed one out this past week. Here's the link: http://radio.tentec.com/cms-files/566_manual_release4_1006.pdf Ron N6AHA