To: | tentec@contesting.com |
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Subject: | [TenTec] An example of changing Orion firmware to meet expectationsof the operator. |
From: | "Ten-Tec Inc. Amateur Radio Sales" <sales@tentec.com> |
Reply-to: | tentec@contesting.com |
Date: | Thu, 08 Jul 2004 10:10:47 -0400 |
List-post: | <mailto:tentec@contesting.com> |
At 05:38 PM 7/7/04 -0400, you wrote:It worked incorrectly from the beginning, i.e. BW was transferred, but PBT wasn't, making even the former useless. No, that is not correct - it was by design. We designed the two receivers, and the two VFO's, to be completely independent entities on the Orion. This is also why there is no SPLIT button on the transceiver. The A>B, B>A, and A/B buttons were orignially intended to transfer frequency information ONLY between VFO's. But..... See, when we created the Orion, we had the notion that because we were making the receivers assignable to either VFO and that they were independent of the same, that functions should be seperate for each receiver - because VFO's are not receivers. BW and PBT are receiver functions, not VFO functions. Each receiver is independent of each VFO - therefore functions on one receiver should not transfer to the opposite VFO when changes are made by the user. However.... We were unsuccessful in explaining this Orion concept to the amateur community: -- VFO's are not receivers -- ....and as a result have been slowly abandoning the original philosophy behind the Orion's VFO/receiver independent design and modifying the firmware to meet the expectations of the users of the radio. And that's what firmware updates are for. Scott Robbins W4PA ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ten-Tec, Inc., 1185 Dolly Parton Pkwy, Sevierville, TN 37862 USA Contact Mon-Fri Eastern: Office/Tech (865) 453-7172 9 am-5 pm. Repair (865) 428-0364 8-4. Sales (800) 833-7373 9 am-5:30 pm. Fax (865) 428-4483 24 hrs. Visit us at <http://www.tentec.com> Email: New product sales/product info sales@tentec.com Service department service@tentec.com While we make every effort to answer email in an expedient manner, the telephone is a much more efficient tool for getting a quicker and more complete answer to your inquiries. Thanks!
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