Yes, I must admit to several "gozinta" errors while getting to know my
Orions. None fatal, however, thus far.
RANT ON:
But you know, as I look at my amplifiers, my oscilloscope, my audio gear, my
sig-gen, all have common ports for many functions, any one of which,
misaligned, will yield faulty results. Let's put any blame for mis-plugged
plugs directly where it belongs: On the Operator!
Wouldn't it be nice, a kinda kindergarten thing, to have every port color
coded, and different shaped so we can be protected from oursleves, huh?
But, guys, were big boys and girls now, and we should be aware enough to
make SURE the plug is in the right hole before proceeding. A quick check,
even if it's with a mirror if you can't get to the back of the rig, should
be SOP when interconnecting devices. Let's not blame the tools, eh?
This is a serious radio for serious applications and operators. It's not a
toy with non-functional or multipurpose plugs. WE get to decide what we want
the radio to do, and we have to be able to figure that out AND take
responsibility for our own errors in judgement or execution.
No offense, guys, but we got what we paid for. I love the phase, Bob,
"performance outweighs warts" if you want to call them that.
RANT OFF:
Larry, N0XB
----- Original Message -----
From: "ROBERT CARROLL" <w2wg@comcast.net>
To: "'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 8:47 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion Aux Audio output (explained)
I consider the "commonality" of many of the connectors on the Orion to be
one of the dumbest things about the design. I have never had another rig
that did not use distinct or keyed connectors to prevent you from plugging
in the wrong cable. The front panel key/phone jack issue seems the worst
to
me since you can easily send the audio output stage to silicon Hades.
But the performance outweighs the warts, and my Orion 1 has been very
stable
for a long time now.
Bob W2WG
-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]
On Behalf Of K4IA@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 12:03 AM
To: tentec@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion Aux Audio output (explained)
Red faced and embarrassed, I am compelled to exhibit the depth of my
ignorance so that others may benefit from my folly:
It seems I had the cables plugged into the Remote Encoder jack instead of
the AUX I/O jack. Little did I know one size fits all and how can you
tell
when you are reaching behind a radio just praying you can get the plug
aligned
so it will fit in? I may put a piece of tape over the Remote jack just to
be
sure this doesn't happen again.
The reason the receive audio varied with the volume control was that my
microphone was on top of the speaker and picking up the audio coming out
of
the
speaker and that was what was fed to my computer and displayed on the
screen.
If I turned up the volume, the speaker was louder and the mic picked up
more
audio.
Even with the cable plugged in the wrong jack I was able to record and
playback wave files because the Microkeyer was sending the audio to the
right
places (Mic to computer / computer to mic).
I have reloaded 2.056 and verified that the Aux I/O is still a fixed
level.
I think I need to go to bed before I do something else dumb.
K4ia "Buck"
Fredericksburg, Virginia USA
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