[TenTec] Jupiter 1.04 FLASH update announced

[K6atz@aol.com]

Thanks Ken!  I needed to know about that update - I received my Jupiter 
Friday, #760 off the line.  It works great overall, but with the Pegasus 
software I couldn't get it to transmit consistently all weekend.  I installed 
the update, and presto - no more problems, with the Ten-Tec or the N4PY 
software.  (BTW, I'm sending in my $25 to Carl.  He's earned it.  And, then 
I'll feel like I can make feature requests to match one or two new things on 
the Jupiter.)  

Dan, the download includes an update to the Pegasus too.  I don't know what 
it includes, the History.txt only covers Jupiter changes.  I can make 
something up however:  I suspect it's needed so that the firmware in both 
radios will work with the same software.  (MAS - "Male Answer Syndrome" - at 
work here...)  I'm not going to try the Pegasus update though.  My Peg is 
already packed up and read to head back to Seiverville as part of a trade-in 
arrangement on the Jupiter.  That one was #309.  It was from such an early 
production run, I later soldered a ground wire into the circuit on my own, at 
the recommendation of Ten-Tec tech support.  But it's been a great radio.

Ten-Tec Inc. techs, if you're listening, there's a couple more changes 
needed, either in the radio or in the manual:  
(1) The transmit bandwith filter still defaults to a rich and robust 3 khz.  
But the prelim operating instructions state that the default will be 2.55 
khz, below the max of 2.8 khz for standard SSB.  
(2) The instructions also say that the package includes a line-out cable for 
the sound card, which true only for the Pegasus.  The Jupiter package only 
includes the DIN-to-phono plugs data cable.  
But *thank you* for replacing line-out with a normal external speaker jack!

73s,
Joe, K6ATZ
Silicon Valley

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