Duane:
I noticed most of what you did, although I have never played with an
"original" Orion. I alerted Ten Tec to the sound in the headphones on CW
last week, and they are looking into it.
I also noticed the NR problem, but had nothing to compare it to. The NR on
my old TS-870 had the same problem, but if it worked well in the O1, it can
probably be restored in a later update on the O2. I never use NR anyway.
A ferrite loop cured the headphone RF problem, which I only noticed when
running 1.5 kW on 10 meters with the beam pointed right over the shack, just
45 feet from the radiating element. It might work for 2-meters, but I don't
run 2-meter packet.
Five days running the radio 8-12 hours per day and not a single crash,
jam-up, slow-down or any other 'squirrelly situation!
Ron Castro
Chief Technical Officer
Results Radio, LLC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Duane A Calvin" <ac5aa@juno.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Cc: <Orion@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 5:20 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Orion II vs Orion
> I've had a chance to play with a friend's Orion II for a couple of days -
> just pulled my Orion out and plugged his in. I've noticed a couple of
> things other than the striking new display. Does anyone else notice that
> the DSP in 2.028 is not only a lot more aggressive than the earlier Orion
> versions, but also has a rough edge to it? It almost sounds
> overprocessed as if it's clipping somewhere. It's hard to describe, but
> very noticeable with headphones on.
>
> Second, when I do CW with headphones on, I thought - "Oh, my gosh, listen
> to that relay racket! Must be what I've seen some guys write about."
> So, off come the headphones, and there is no relay noise at all from the
> rig. Yep, it's a light "tick" at the start and end of every CW element
> coming thru the headphones. It's barely audible thru the speaker, but
> noticeable with the headphones - not really annoying, tho. The only
> other negative I found was that my 2m packet transmitter which bothers
> nothing else in the house except my PC speaker subwoofer, is being picked
> up by the headphone cord and is very audible in the receive audio.
> Weird. Maybe it's a peculiar time/space relationship, but neither my
> Omni VI+ or my classic Orion has this problem.
>
> On the positive side, the scope and NR now appear to run flawlessly
> together, and, have I mentioned how nice the color display looks? Oh,
> the Ten-Tec auto tuner is quieter than the LDG that I think I have in
> mine, and the tuning algorithm in it appears to spend more time
> converging on the lowest SWR. Overall time is about the same, but the
> sequencing is a bit different. There is a fix in the works (2.030) for
> the monitor problem, but I haven't tried it. (it works on my Orion too,
> but is a little weak.)
>
> Auto-Notch is incredibly fast now, and all else that I've used seems to
> work just like the Orion classic. It will be interesting to see how Ver
> 2.x works on the original Orion when it's released.
>
> 73, Duane
>
>
> On Sun, 5 Feb 2006 18:13:37 -0500 "David Hammond" <dhhdeh@concentric.net>
> writes:
>> Hey Guys,
>>
>> Since I started this thread, can I ask that we refocus
>> again onto the pluses and minuses of the Orion II?
>>
>> What else besides AM has 2.028 corrupted? Anything?
>>
>> Any insight as to what the new release will be
>> changing?
>>
>> Does the 'MON' function work on the Orion II?
>>
>> 73 de Dave-N1LQ
>>
>>
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