Here's a wishlist item for ya. Please make the sidetone volume constant. It should not be blasting me away just because I have to turn up the receive volume. Anyone want to fight about this idea? Rad
away Howdy Buck: I agree 100%. My OMNI VI/3 had constant sidetone and was a pleasure to operate. I'm not sure why TenTec went to sidetone that varied with the volume control setting. It is implemente
No, not if you'll support my wish list item of decorator "skins" for the Orion. This should be a MANDATORY feature of any radio calling itself "software defined". There's no reason that the Orion sh
I want to kill two birds with one stone on this one: 1. I fully agree with Grant: "Case Modding" is "IN". I want snow-capped Bavarian mountains on the front of my Orion! 2. I want to fight on the sid
just because I have to turn up the receive volume. Craig (or is it "Buck"...your signature always confuses me), I'll have to say I like it the way it is. Once I found a good setting (mine is at 30),
Fight about that! Heck no!!! It hasn't been a big issue - or more than a minor annoyance but it would be nice to set the sidetone volume and have it stay set. I will try to remember to post a note to
I 'spect there's a really easy way to get an Orion in mauve, just right to match all the Victorian decor ham shacks. Ask Scott how many make a production run, find enough people who want or need a ma
Ones Suggestion about labeling on the PH Jack: Instead of painting it white, you could also get a small RED DOT and simply paste it underneath the PH Jack. You would always know that the red (danger)
I go by Buck on the air -- old habit -- easier to send CW and more easily recognized. Don't you change volume when you put on the phones? Or need to dig a weak signal out? Or maybe your hearing is be
Buck, I ALWAYS use headphones...never the speaker. Ten-Tec could have omitted my speaker and I would never have known it. Maybe that's my solution to the "headphone jack ID problem", I always have th
It's good that there is always something around here to generate a chuckle :-) Grant/NQ5T _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.conte
Just what is the best way of getting WHITE paint (what kind) on the Orion's MIC, PH, and CW jacks on the lower left side of the front panel without getting it every other place. I've already stuck my
That was one of my first minor complaints about the radio. John N1JM Just what is the best way of getting WHITE paint (what kind) on the Orion's MIC, PH, and CW jacks on the lower left side of the fr
Just as well paint the A and B also. So MIC, PH, CW, A and B should be painted and as mentioned earlier what kind of paint that will not come off to use is the question. As John said, this is a minor
Jim, I didn't even know there was an "A" and "B" on the front until now. I had to look to find it. Also the word "POWER" could be painted. Have a great Orion New Year. 73, John Just as well paint the