Darn....I noted the galactic mass ion shift....and had no idea what caused
it.
Obviously your test of the radio affected the whole galaxy.
Please be more carefull !!
LOL :)
((For the humor impaired....this is a joke))
73 de Gary, AA2IZ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Sole" <hs0zed@csloxinfo.com>
To: "'Ron Castro'" <ronc@sonic.net>; "'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'"
<tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2010 10:41 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion 2 Firmware 2.044A PTT
I just got my Orion 565AT back on line after the DSP board serial port died
on me. Turns out the chip capacitors that produce the negative volts had
gone bad. Ten-Tec kindly fixed the board I had shipped to them and even
more
kindly charged me $140 for the fix but I'm far from complaining, indeed
I'm
so delighted they would take just the module, that's a radio company I can
work with.
Having got it working I thought I would have a look at the AM transmit
signal. Bear in mind this is a 565 not a 566 but likely similar in the way
they do AM. Just on a power meter, not got it hooked to the service
monitor
as yet. Key down on AM it reads about 16 watts on a Bird 43 but with
speech
the Bird rises to about 24 watts. The Bird 43 does not respond to the
modulation, only the carrier so it seems likely that some sort of
controlled
carrier is being implemented.
80 watts to 100 watts is about 0.95dB, Accounting for metering variations,
modulation variations, temperature, moon phase, galactic mass ion shift,
I'd
say (maybe) near enough. Watts(sic) 0.95dB amongst friends?
Martin, HS0ZED
-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]
On Behalf Of Ron Castro
Sent: 12 June 2010 07:03
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion 2 Firmware 2.044A PTT
I'm seeing 14.5 Watts with no modulation and mod peaks 60 to 80 Watts.
Ron N6IE
www.N6IE.com
----- Original Message -----
From: <Rsoifer@aol.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 1:16 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion 2 Firmware 2.044A PTT
John,
I don't have a true peak-reading wattmeter, so I can't measure the PEP
output. Jim may be right about controlled-carrier; I can't tell. When
using
TUNE and PWR, I get 95 watts, but only 11 watts with PTT and no speech.
73 Ray
In a message dated 6/11/2010 7:01:47 P.M. GMT Standard Time,
wb4qda@yahoo.com writes:
Ray
When I speak into the Micrphone with the mode set to AM ,I modulates
up
to 80 watts .Tune is 21 watts and tune then the PWR I get 95 watts
output.
73
John
----- Original Message ----
From: "Rsoifer@aol.com" <Rsoifer@aol.com>
To: tentec@contesting.com
Sent: Fri, June 11, 2010 10:38:22 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion 2 Firmware 2.044A Released
John,
Funny thing about that. With the mode set to AM, when I hit Tune and
then
Pwr I get full output like you did, but if I hit the PTT button instead,
all I get is 11 watts on the Bird. It worked fine with 2.041XT.
73 Ray
In a message dated 6/11/2010 3:22:43 P.M. GMT Standard Time,
wb4qda@yahoo.com writes:
Ray
I just tested my O2 on AM max output was 80 warrs on an Alpha watt
meter
also about the same reading on a LP-100A watt meter with the Power set
to
100%
using the new fearmware version 2.044A
73
John wb4qda
----- Original Message ----
From: "Rsoifer@aol.com" <Rsoifer@aol.com>
To: ronc@sonic.net; w5pny@arrl.net; tentec@contesting.com
Sent: Fri, June 11, 2010 8:36:18 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion 2 Firmware 2.044A Released
Ron,
The NR problem has been fixed (!) but the old low-output problem on AM
is
back. Mine measures 11 watts carrier power, max. It worked fine with
2.041XT.
73 Ray W2RS
In a message dated 6/11/2010 2:17:05 A.M. GMT Standard Time,
ronc@sonic.net
writes:
I have adjusted the "Wish List" for the Orion II to reflect the newest
version of the firmware. It's at www.N6IE.com
Ron N6IE
www.N6IE.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Harry G McGavran Jr" <w5pny@arrl.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 5:50 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion 2 Firmware 2.044A Released
With this one I can set the side-tone level all the way
up to 65 before the pops begin, and by the time one
gets past 80 on towards 99 the distortion on the
side-tone is still really bad -- BUT -- for me at
least, levels are 50-60 are all I need and that is
now distortion free, at least with a 610 Hz sidetone
which is the only one I tested or use. I also am
using the speaker and not headphones for this.
Since one gets the side-tone every time the SPOT
button is used, the side-tone distortion was really
objectionable with 2.043B.
The NR seems better too, but most all the time I don't
really need it -- and it's nice not to have artifacts that
sound like NR action on the side-tone which the side-tone
is set to 50-60.
There are a few CAT wierdnesses here and there, but the reliability
of sending a strings of "*" commands seems better.
Unless something else crops up, I think I can live with this
release...
73 --
Harry, W5PNY
--
Harry G. McGavran, Jr.
E-mail: w5pny@arrl.net
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