[TenTec] "Remember, it's a computer."

[Tom A]

Uh-oh!

I hope when I turn on my Orion for the first time I don't see monochrome
clouds and a "Your Orion was not properly shut down.  Please wait while we
restore the system"!

Of course...my Titan 425 takes 3 minutes to warm up before it comes into
READY mode so when I power up the station at least they'll wake up at the
same time.

Tom K2TA
tom at k2ta.com

----- Original Message -----
From: <genewill at ordata.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 9:36 AM
Subject: [TenTec] "Remember, it's a computer."


>      This just might come in handy when the Orion rolls out ...
>
>      My ArgoV, which has been to the factory once for infant-mortality
> repairs, suddenly developed a "rasp" in its audio. The sort of thing
> normally heard with propagation disturbance, except signals were
> clean in my other three receivers.
>
>      After two weeks of A/B/C/D testing, I decided I definitely had a
> malfunction and called Ten-Tec service. After I explained the problem
> to a patient, helpful tech, he said, "I assume you've done a reset."
>
>      Duh! Well, no, I hadn't. "Remember," he said, "It's a computer."
>
>      Yep, I'd done it to myself in wanting a nifty new Software Defined
> Radio on my desk. Reboot, reboot, and reboot again. It's a whole new
> world out there ... especially for us appliance operators.
>
> 73 Gene N7YW
> 99.44% CW since 1958 (ex-K7DBV)
>
>
>
>
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