So far I'm liking the latest 565 release but another observation, other than
the one I noted earlier about the strange behaviour with the PBT and BW
displays not updating properly, is where the sweep display every 20 seconds
or so acts like it got hit with a very big signal on lots of frequencies, a
line appears every 1/8" or so across the display from the baseline all the
way to the top of the screen and then disappears, does not affect the audio
in any way. Not noticed it before but never really used the sweep until this
release, may not be wonderful but quite usable other than the odd behaviour.
It looks to me as if the display has been 'brightened' up. Had to turn the
contrast all the way down to 35% from the default 50%. Still some rough
edges on the frequency numbers but maybe limits of the screen resolution,
what is it anyway?
I can think of a bunch of other stuff I'd like to see done with the display,
no I'm not expecting it to happen, but I can hope, HI HI!
I think it sounds a lot nicer. I've long felt DSP radios sound harsh in
comparison to analogue radios, I have a TS940 next to the Orion and still
like the way it sounds but I think this release is the best yet n that
department. It may not be perfect but it does sound smoother to me.
Until this update I had been using 1.373b5 (I think) and now miss the way
the S meter tracked the DSP NR and also how much better I think the software
NB worked. Still I think I will stick with this latest version for the other
improvements.
Martin, HS0ZED
-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]
On Behalf Of Henry, John
Sent: 21 February 2011 20:49
To: AL7CR
Cc: tentec@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Thanks for v2.064x11
Hello Dean,
The latest updates of the Orion and Orion II both utilize the RF AGC system.
It was the first utilized in both rigs before we added the capability to
select between the AF AGC or RF AGC. Just a note, all other TenTec radios,
588, 538, 599, etc utilize the RF AGC system.
Just a reminder for many:
AF AGC.
It did not permit the use of many of the DSP functions, e.g. auto notch, and
had a lot of negative side effects that would require quite a bit more
horsepower to resolve. Or at least quite a bit more work to make AF AGC and
the other DSP receiver enhancement functions to work properly. The real
reason it was created, we will look to see how we can provide that featuring
without having to select from two different times at which AGC processing
occurs.
The Waterfall Display.
For the moment, it was pulled out of the latest Orion and Orion II releases
so that we could get the both firmware sets to a very stable and usable
frame to build upon.
We do intend on bringing the waterfall display back for the Orion II once
the firmware has been used for a while and its real stability determined.
Not really sure it could be visibly useful on an monochrome Orion 565.
Thanks,
John Henry
TenTec Engineering
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 8:02 PM, AL7CR <al7cr@punakea.com> wrote:
> Mr. Henry,
>
> Just a note of thanks for the time, effort, and cost of developing
> this new revision of the firmware. My first impressions are highly
> favorable. The NR is much improved and I very much like the new sweep
display calibration.
> I am very grateful that my special concern, muting of the sub
> receiver when it is set to AM, did not reappear.
>
> While programming all my favorite settings after the upgrade, I
> noticed that the RF/AF AGC selection quietly disappeared in this
> version. I never did quite follow the reasoning in the heated
> discussion on that subject but am curious as to which method was used in
this version.
>
> Thanks for the great support of the user community.
>
> Dean Shutt
> AL7CR
>
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