[Orion] Questions about Orion II

[Carl Moreschi]

Jim,

The Orion II firmware is almost identical to the Orion Version 2.  This
firmware is a rewrite of version 1 firmware to incorporate a better firmware
design that is less prone to lockups and freezes.  The initial release does
not have the enhancements you are looking for.  The first step is to get
everything working.  The enhancements that you are looking for will come
later.

By the way, you can tune with my N4PY program running from the Orion front
panel if you turn the polling button on in the program.

Merry Christmas,

Carl Moreschi N4PY
Franklinton, NC
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim McDonald" <jim at n7us.net>
To: <orion at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 25, 2005 8:59 AM
Subject: [Orion] Questions about Orion II


> Can someone tell me if the following changes were made in the Orion II?
>
> Can it automatically switch from both headphones on the main receiver to
> stereo (right ear on other receiver) when turning on the sub receiver?
> (This is how the Yaesu MP-series works.)
>
> Are there different tuning rates by mode, as in the PROII (and OMNI VI?),
so
> that RTTY and CW have slower tuning rates than SSB?
>
> Does the new CPU fix the problem of the receiver's sometimes going deaf
when
> switching band stacking registers when using N4PY's program?
>
> Does the 302 remote tuning knob have any additional functionality or is
the
> N4PY program still needed for that?
>
> Do the band stacking registers remember the AGC settings?  That way, one
> band stacking register for SSB can keep the slow AGC, and a CW register
can
> have fast AGC.
>
> Does the VFO tuning rate increase as the knob is rotated faster to quicken
> large frequency changes (as the PROII does)?
>
> Has the operation of the RIT and XIT changed?  Here's the note a sent
months
> ago to ditsnbits, the T-T software engineers' email address:
>
> After engaging the XIT and setting the offset, I turned on the RIT
> but the offset is 0, not the offset already set with the XIT. When I turn
> the RIT knob the XIT moves along with the RIT, maintaining a difference
> between transmit and receive frequencies.
>
> The way every other radio I've ever used is the same offset is used
> for both RIT and XIT, regardless of whether one is engaged first or they
are
> both initially engaged. Am I missing something or is this an enhancement
> request?
>
> Finally, can the VFO knobs on the radio be used with N4PY's program or is
> the 302 remote VFO tuning knob still required to change frequency with a
> knob?
>
> The receiver in my Orion with the Inrad 762 600 Hz roofing filter in the
> 1000 slot is great, but I'm hoping that the above have been incorporated
> along with the hardware changes.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jim N7US
>
>
>
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