Tnx. Good points! Sometimes one forgets he is dealing with a computer where it
at times becomes necessary to "reboot" or reinstall the OS. Will do so and see
what happens.
Charles, K0CW
n4dsp <n4dsp@triad.rr.com> wrote:
Try also to reinstall the firmware.
73
john-n4dsp
----- Original Message -----
From: "n4dsp"
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment"
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 9:39 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Noise Reduction Setting
>I have an Orion II with firmware 2.037j and have not encountered this
> problem. I suggest doing a Reset and see what happens.
>
> 73
> john-n4dsp
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Emil Borys"
> To:
> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 1:19 PM
> Subject: [TenTec] Noise Reduction Setting
>
>
>> Charles and Kim,
>> I have a new O II, current firmware, purchased from TenTec about a month
>> ago. I also have experienced the same phenomenon with the DSP NR.
>> Regardless of signal levels, Atten, RF Gain, and Audio settings.. even
>> with
>> DSP at 1.. a CW signal becomes distorted when enabling DSP NR.
>>
>> Seeing that CW is virtually my only mode of operation, it is somewhat
>> disquieting, pun intended, that an advertised feature doesn't function.
>> I
>> called TenTec and spoke, briefly, to someone in their 'service'
>> department,
>> about the malfunction. I received a rather gruff and abrupt, "There's
>> nothing wrong with the Orion, read the owner's manual, goodbye."
>>
>> If you gentlemen come up with a set of control parameters that allow the
>> use
>> of DSP NR with CW, please post your solution.
>>
>> Thanks and 73,
>> Emil
>> W9NM
>>
>>
>>>>>>
>> Kim,
>>
>> Under the same conditions when the NR is on in any position I have raspy
>> CW reception. Do you experience the same with your Orion II NR?
>>
>> Charles, K0CW
>>
>> Kim Elmore >> > wrote:
>> I have the O II, 2.037J firmware. The manual says that different
>> noise reduction settings affect how long the DSP takes to decide
>> what's nose and what's signal, but that the end result is the same. I
>> thought this odd, because it seems there's no point in using anything
>> but the "fastest" setting.
>>
>> In playing with it on CW, this doesn't appear to be the case:
>> different settings definitely result in different amounts of noise
>> reduction, and the lower settings seem to do their job immediately,
>> but not as aggressive as the higher settings. Intuitively, this is
>> what I'd expect.
>>
>> Has the NR changed in later firmware versions and the manual failed
>> to keep? Or, has the manual always been in error?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Kim Elmore, N5OP
>> <<<<
>>
>>
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