Interesting...I didn't find Carl's software helpful at all in this regard.
I am all for a possible solution using the link provided earlier. I do
miss that aspect of of SDR-100. I wouldn't say I find the Orion II
useless but it sure would be nice to have higher resolution and fewer
stalls.
Toby Pennington wrote:
> Rick VE7ASR wrote" I'm sorry to say but I have found my Orion (565) sweep
> to be next to useless. With the version 2 firmware
> upgrade the rig doesn't crash with the sweep activated
> but it isn't very useful. Years ago I had a Heathkit
> series 6xx external Panadapter scope that, in my
> opinion, provided more useful information..>>>>>
>
>
> A less expensive option would be to buy the N4PY control program which has a
> very good sweep feature, better than on the Orion for sure.
>
> Carl's program is not a real time spectrum scope but scans the band like the
> Jupiter or Omni 7. However it scans fairly rapidly, and you can click on
> any of the signal spikes with your mouse to immediately transfer there with
> your VFO. You can set it for continuos scan and keep updated on the band.
> The program uses the second VFO on the Orion to do the scanning, and your
> main reciever does not go dead during the scan.
>
> I find his little scope to be quite good especially when set to high
> resolution.
>
> Toby W4CAK
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