Re: [TenTec] Orion II v 2.042A: Not Ready for Prime Time!

[Linwood Davis <linbdavis@earthlink.net>]

I have received a copy.

Lin
WB1AIW

Linwood Davis wrote:
> I'd like to play around with that version 2.042A code tonight.
> Does anyone still have a copy they can send to me?
>
> Lin
> WB1AIW
> linbdavis@earthlink.net
>
> Ron Castro wrote:
>   
> > Here are a list of problems I found right off with the v. 2.042A, even after 
> > doing a battery reset and two master resets and memory clear:
> >   1.. Very noticeable distortion on all audio.  Sounds like overdrive in IF or 
> > DSP section.
> >   2.. AGC hang in AF AGC.  S-meter goes up and never comes down!  At same time, RF gain 
> > goes down and does not come back up.  If you manually turn the RF Gain all the way to 0, 
> > then back up to 100, the radio is essentially muted.  This will not happen if the 
> > "AGC Hang" setting is 0, but then distortion is really bad.
> >   3.. NR does not work in AF AGC mode.  Does seem to work well in RF AGC mode.
> >   4.. Much more audio drive needed on AUX input for SSB.  It looks like about 
> > 10 dB more.
> >   5.. AM carrier= 1.25 Watts max!  That's at 100% PWR setting.
> >   6.. FM carrier= 6.4 Watts max.
> >   7.. SSB Speech Processor gives only around 50 Watts max peak output.  You can get it up 
> > to 100 Watts when you crank it to "way beyond reasonable distortion".
> >   8.. Could not find any sort of S-Meter calibration
> > Here are the good points so far:
> >   1.. Side tone is louder and spot level is too.
> >   2.. Waterfall display is much improved.
> >   3.. Difference in frequency between Main and Sub improved, but still not "phase 
> > locked".  I detect about 0.1 Hz differential which should make it fine for true 
> > diversity antenna work.
> >   4.. In RF AGC mode, the NR really does seem improved, although it's hard to 
> > tell with the audio distortion mentioned above.
> > So that's the good, the bad and the ugly of it!  I'm QSYing back to v. 2.039d, 
> > the last one that worked right...
> >
> >             Ron  N6IE
> >        www.N6IE.com
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