[Orion] Orion I V2.055 Spurious Response

[Merle Bone]

Sinisa,
I performed the test you outlined:

> Orion I with V2.055 set up as follows:
>  MAIN RX on ANT1 and VFO A, 3750 kHz LSB,
>  6 kHz roofing filter, BW = 2500 Hz, PBT = 0 Hz, 199 taps
>  RF GAIN = 100, PREAMP ON, no ATTN
>
> A -79 dBm (S8 dB) carrier at 3750 kHz presented to ANT 1 input.

My results are very different from Barry's(N1EU). I first did the test on 
V1.373b5 with an S8 carrier. There was NO spur with "reverse tune direction" 
as you described. There was a very low spur up about 3 KHz it was really 
down in the mud.
Then I loaded V2.055 and ran the same test. I did hear the "reverse tune 
direction" spur and it was very audible.
I reloaded V1.373b5 and re-ran the test. Again, no "reverse tune spur".

I'm not sure why Barry got different results? Could be because he was using 
an S9+20 carrier? Ididn't try that. Maybe someone else can also run the test 
as described.
73, Merle - W0EWM
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sinisa Hristov" <shristov at ptt.yu>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>; 
<orion at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 6:38 PM
Subject: [Orion] Orion I V2.055 Spurious Response


> Orion I with V2.055 set up as follows:
>  MAIN RX on ANT1 and VFO A, 3750 kHz LSB,
>  6 kHz roofing filter, BW = 2500 Hz, PBT = 0 Hz, 199 taps
>  RF GAIN = 100, PREAMP ON, no ATTN
>
> A -79 dBm (S8 dB) carrier at 3750 kHz presented to ANT 1 input.
>
> The normal response is heard by tuning Orion from 3750.0 to 3752.5 kHz.
> A spurious response is heard by tuning Orion from 3753.5 to 3756.0 kHz.
> It sounds "backwards" and is approximately 40 to 50 dB below the main 
> response.
>
> Did this happen with V1 firmware?
>
>
> 73,
>
> Sinisa  YT1NT, VE3EA
>
>