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Re: [TenTec] Orion RIT/XIT

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion RIT/XIT
From: John Sheeley <wb4qda@yahoo.com>
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Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 09:53:38 -0700 (PDT)
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Art
 On my Orion II when I turn on both Rit and XIT. ,Both buttons lighted  ,  . 
the RIT-XIT sink-up.

John WB4QDA



----- Original Message ----
From: Art <k6xt@arrl.net>
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Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 12:07:43 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Orion RIT/XIT


I hope this isn't old Orion news. I notice the rit and xit act separately. That 
is, tune rit to a freq, then turn on xit to transmit there, but xit is still at 
zero, and there is no way that I've found to synchronize them. This makes the 
rit/xit useless for DX pileups, for example.

This is the way it is set up in my Orion 1 with latest FW. Perhaps I'm just 
naive about ritxit but this lack of sync seems to make these controls almost 
useless, giving a nod to rit for those netters a few Hz off. Perhaps it is 
because I only use CW and some digital. Or because that's the way my Icoms 
work. Is there some other utility I don't know about? 

A useful addition, it seems to me, would be to change the momentary rotary 
control press to "Sync xit with current rit". Press and hold for a sec to zero 
both of them. I suggest using the momentary to sync because a sec hold in a 
pileup is intolerable.

73 Art


Message: 1
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 11:31:14 -0500
From: "Merle Bone" <merlebone@charter.net>
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion 1, No RIT, XIT
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I also had problems with the RIT/XIT control. It had problems from the time the 
Orion was new. In the early days I was told to pull hard on the control - that 
helped a little. Later I called Ten-Tec and was told some "logging programs" 
caused a problem with the control. That was not my problem.

I recently took the Orion to Ten-Tec when I went to the Hamfest. The first 
request on the Service Letter was: "Replace the RIT/XIT optical encoder - Does 
not work." I also had all of the boards updated, had the V2 mod installed and 
had the alignment checked. When I received the Orion this week the Service 
Invoice said there were 10 board upgrades done and the alignment was checked. 
It also said there was "No problem found with the RIT encoder." It certainly 
works fine since it was returned - it has never worked this easily since the 
Orion was new. I can only hope that "the change" is permanent. With so many 
people reporting issues with this control over the past year or two, I am 
inclined to believe there is an issue with the control/function (Maybe a wave 
solder issue on some of the boards). I really don't like "electronic mysteries."

One thing that I learned at the Ten-Tec open-house is that Ten-Tec is bringing 
out a new board for the Orion II and the OMNI VII that is a high performance - 
real-time - bandscope add-on. Apparently there is a "connector built into both 
the Orion II and the OMNI VII. I did not hear anyone indicate it would be 
available in the Orion.
73, Merle - W0EWM 

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