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Re: [TenTec] NEW Orion II/2.041XL Bug? Red Scan With VerticalLinePattern

To: Ron Castro <ronc@sonic.net>, Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TenTec] NEW Orion II/2.041XL Bug? Red Scan With VerticalLinePatterns
From: "BOB@W2PNJ" <bobw2pnj@optimum.net>
Reply-to: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2009 20:33:33 -0400
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RON,Why hasn't TEN-TEC mentioned this in their "Orion II What's New!" in 
version 2.041 XL.... Bob  w2pnj@arrl.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 6:56 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] NEW Orion II/2.041XL Bug? Red Scan With 
VerticalLinePatterns


> Jim:  That's exactly what I am seeing and what I believe has been 
> described
> by others.  The 'spectrum trace' red (which is a peak-hold trace) is all
> you're supposed to see and is one of the improvements over the previous
> versions.
>
>         Ron   N6IE
>      www.N6IE.com
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim M." <jmiller1706@cfl.rr.com>
> To: "'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'" <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 2:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] NEW Orion II/2.041XL Bug? Red Scan With Vertical
> LinePatterns
>
>
>> The radio had been running on Rx for a few hours, 20 and 80 meters.  The
>> 80m
>> band was dead, mostly just local line noise.
>>
>> I am now getting the normal white spectrum, but now behind it the entire
>> scan screen (up to the blue marker, is filled with red, first solid red,
>> then alternating red/black that starts at the top and walks downward, 
>> then
>> solid red again.  Occasionally the white spectrum trace will wipe itself
>> away from right to left.  Is this what you folks are seeing, or is this
>> new?
>> By turning sweep off and on again it began working correctly.
>>
>> Previously I had only seen this as a brief red spectrum trace (the white
>> trace disappears for a half second or so), and I thought this was what 
>> you
>> were seeing.  Just before this new phenomenon started, I was tuning and
>> happened to catch the spectrum in a "red only" trace...and it froze in 
>> all
>> red color as long as I would turn the tuning knob.
>>
>> I took some photos at:  http://s685.photobucket.com/albums/vv219/N4BE/
>>
>> Jim N4BE
>>
>>
>>
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