I'm using an Orion to drive an Alpha 87A. Works FB. 73, Dick WC1M _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinf
I came in late on this thread, so I don't know whether Rick is talking about horizontal or vertical loops. In either case, I think there's a reasonable explanation for the observation that loops outp
Bill (W2ZV): This looks very interesting and I'd like to give it a try. I assume that if you set Auto filter selection and tell the Orion there is no 500 Hz filter, it will use the 600 Hz filter from
Scope measurement shows that the CW waveform is much improved in 1.370. On-air tests confirm that CW sounds excellent at all speeds. With the proper rise time setting, keying is no longer hard, short
W8JI made that comment before the 1.370 firmware release. In previous releases, the rise time setting had no effect at speeds of 30ms or greater, or when an external keyer was used at any speed. In t
I know this has been a hot topic on the reflector, but I think something really might be broken here. Even with CW Delay set to 0%, I can't hear anything between elements or letters at contest speeds
All excellent suggestions. 73, Dick WC1M _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
Hi. The fan on the model 963 power supply I'm using with my Orion seems pretty loud. Not quite a freight train, but I can hear it through the headphones. Does anyone else think it's louder than it sh
I just got a 4-el SteppIR, too, and it works fine with the Orion and WL. First, make sure WL works with the Orion with just a plain cable. The AUTO baud feature works fine with the Orion -- you shoul
What firmware release is he running? 73, Dick WC1M _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
Eric, I use a Bird 4263 RF Sampler. It's designed for exactly what you want to do. You put it inline with the coax, and it has a sampling port for your scope probe. Insertion loss is minimal. See the
Yes, someone else pointed out the typo to me. I meant 4273. Sorry about that. _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mai
Rick, A friend recently asked for my opinion on the 2000A, and since he owns an Orion I thought I should alert him about the Arc Fault problem and dug up your e-mail on the subject from last month. I
Very amusing. I own an Orion and a 1000D, which I use for SO2R contesting. They make a great pair. I tend to use the Orion as my main rig for running and the 1000D for S&P, but have just added INRAD'
There's no written NDA, but the beta testers have agreed to keep information about beta releases and related discussions private. This is necessary in order to provide an environment in which the tes
I think Bob put it better than I could. I don't need a written agreement, either. Ask to join the beta test group if you feel you can contribute. Perhaps chaos was too strong a word. Different users
I confirm the bug in V2, but as soon as you move either VFO knob, the band decoder changes to the correct band. 73, Dick WC1M _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTe
There's no easy answer to this question. I should probably keep my mouth shut, but here goes... 1. Pro: I'm a serious SO2R contest operator. I have an Orion I and an FT-1000D (with the INRAD roofing
Perhaps this is an anomaly of your Orion (i.e., ALC adjustment is off.) I haven't observed any leading edge spike on my scope. Also, I use an Alpha 87A amp that's super-sensitive to power spikes from
As in previous V2 releases, BinRx doesn't work in 2.059d. It changes the audio, producing a sort of "surround sound" effect, but doesn't create any spatial differentiation between CW signals of diffe