[TenTec] Orion tuning rates

[Art Searle]

Hi,

I don't own an Orion but have you tried N4PY software to
customize the tuning rate?  It works on the Pegasus version.
5Hz is a nice CW tuning rate.

Art
W2NRA

> 5B4AGN wrote:
>  >I don't seem to be able to get to a comfortable tuning
rate for the VFO.
>
>          Bob, you may not have discovered the 10X tuning
rate change that
> is toggled by depressing Main RX or Sub RX.  When toggled,
you will
> see "xm" appear by Step along with the new rate at 10X
normal.
>
>          My default on CW is Step 1 Hz and Enc Rate Fast
for DXing.  When I
> want to scan quickly, I toggle the rate and go to 10 Hz
steps.  Yes,
> there is a "digital" sound if you tune very quickly, but
it does not
> bother me.  If it does bother a lot of people, I suspect a
solution
> would be to change the Enc Rate to an even faster value,
while leaving
> Step set to 1 Hz.
>
>          I believe I used xm 10 normally in the CQ WW CW
Contest, and
> toggled back to 1 if necessary when narrowing BW under
extreme QRM.
> On SSB, my default is 10 Hz and I toggle xm 100 for
scanning quickly.
>
>                                                  73,  Bill
W4ZV
>
> P.S.  Regarding what the extremely fine rates are useful
for, I suspect
> it would be more for EME or situations using extremely
narrow BW's.  I
> sometimes use DSP Blaster externally which has a 50 Hz BW
and Orion's
> rate works very well with that.  With Orion's 100 Hz BW
(which is
> actually more like 150), it is probably overkill.