[Orion] Death of George Shands W9WUU

[George Shands]

On 3 Apr, 2006, at 11:00 AM, orion-request at contesting.com wrote:
Will you please remove George's name from your listings.  He died on  
November 8, 2005.

Thank you,
Joan shands
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>    1. [Fwd: Re:  Orion display issue] (Joe Giacobello)
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> Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 10:14:15 -0400
> From: Joe Giacobello <k2xx at swva.net>
> Subject: [Orion] [Fwd: Re:  Orion display issue]
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> Here's the answer from TT Service:
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> Dear Joe:
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> The internal contrast needs to be set. This control is accessible
> through a small hole on the bottom right of the front panel (looking
> from the front) with the bottom cover removed. Set the internal  
> contrast
> to 50% and adjust this control for proper contrast.
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> Paul R. Clinton
> WD4EBR
> Service Manager
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>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: Joe Giacobello <mailto:k2xx at swva.net>
>     To: John (KE5C) <mailto:ke5c at hot.rr.com>
>     Cc: orion at contesting.com <mailto:orion at contesting.com> ;
>     ditsnbits at tentec.com <mailto:ditsnbits at tentec.com> ;
>     SERVICE at TENTEC.COM <mailto:SERVICE at TENTEC.COM>
>     Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 4:53 PM
>     Subject: Re: [Orion] Orion display issue
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>     John, thanks for your input.  Well, the low contrast setting still
>     persists (You should pardon the expression.), but it looks like the
>     weird behavior of the selection (Main) knob must arise from a  
> faulty
>     encoder or the like.  The selection process works fine with the
>     remote pod's knob.
>
>     73, Joe
>
>     John (KE5C) wrote:
>
>> Joe, Duane and the group: ditto here.  This is really something that  
>> should be
>> easy for TT to change - the default contrast on these old black and  
>> white's.
>> After a master reset, I could not see enough on the screen even to  
>> navigate to
>> the menus to change the contrast.  I had to (blindly) reload  
>> 1.7something, write
>> down the keypress sequence to get me to the contrast setting, then  
>> reload V2.
>> I've forwarded this request before to TT, and I'll forward it again I  
>> guess.  It
>> wouldn't hurt for the rest of you to do the same.  73, John, KE5C
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>
>>
>>
>>> It's a common trait with the new 2.x FW that the contrast settings  
>>> have
>>>
>>>
>> changed significantly.  I set mine for "white on black" and find also  
>> that
>> 36-40% is what I find best looking.  I have not experienced the  
>> problem with
>> selecting the options that you mentioned. It was difficult to see the  
>> options
>> when I first load a FW level because the contrast setting is not one  
>> that is
>> retained, and the default is inadequate for good viewing.  Hope this  
>> helps.  73,
>> Duane, AC5AA
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 15:31:45 -0500 Joe Giacobello <k2xx at swva.net>  
>>> writes:
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> Finally, I did a master reset and after persisting at the menus for  
>>> a while, I
>>>
>>>
>> was able to select the display contrast.  Now, in order to have an  
>> acceptable
>> display, I had to reduce the contrast to 36%.  Originally, it was at  
>> 50%.  The
>> highlight selections are still are little erratic. I wonder if anyone  
>> else has
>> had this problem and if they know the cure. 73, Joe K2XX
>>
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