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Re: [TenTec] Eagle minor woes

To: w2iy@verizon.net, Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Eagle minor woes
From: Bob McGraw K4TAX <rmcgraw@blomand.net>
Reply-to: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2018 12:12:40 -0500
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You would do well to upgrade to V2.003 (V2.3) as it increases average SSB power 
and improves fan control. 

Bob, K4TAX


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> On Jul 16, 2018, at 11:15 AM, Michael Tortorella <w2iy@verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> Rick, I didn't think so either.  Firmware is 2.001.  It has the AT and the
> 300 Hz filter.
> 73
> Mike
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rick@dj0ip.de [mailto:Rick@dj0ip.de] 
> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2018 4:04 AM
> To: w2iy@verizon.net; 'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'
> Subject: RE: [TenTec] Eagle minor woes
> 
> It's not normal for the Eagle to do that.
> What firmware revision are you running on the Eagle?
> 
> 73
> Rick, DJ0IP 
> (currently on-site @ WRTC-2018)
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Michael
> Tortorella
> Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2018 10:28 PM
> To: tentec@contesting.com
> Subject: [TenTec] Eagle minor woes
> 
> Folks, I ran my Eagle for about 16 hours straight in the IARU contest
> yesterday and as the hours wore on it got warmer with the fan coming on more
> often.  Of course here it is doing exactly what it is supposed to.  What I
> did notice is that towards the end, it began to lock up (tuning dial had no
> effect, would not transmit).  I was able in each case to bring it back to
> life by power cycling with a brief off period, but of course that sends the
> COM port in the laptop into never never land and it took several gyrations
> with enabling/disabling/enabling the port, pulling an reinserting cables,
> more power cycling, etc., to get the radio to talk to he PC again (N1MM+
> logger, about which I can't say enough nice things). Anyway, sort of under
> the heading of first world problems, what's the list wisdom on why the Eagle
> is going kind of brain dead now and then, apparently when warm?  Is this
> "normal" behavior, "to be expected" of a complex hardware/software system,
> or is there really a cause we should be looking for?  Thanks for your
> thoughts and 73, Mike W2IY
> 
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