[TenTec] Orion & SSCW - Comments?

[Carl Moreschi]

With my Orion N4PY software, you essentially have that.  My software has a
full Orion memory save in addition to setting all the Orion parms to the
program values.  See my webpage at www.n4py.com

Carl Moreschi N4PY
Franklinton, NC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Duane A Calvin" <ac5aa at juno.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 2:33 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion & SSCW - Comments?


> It would be nice to have a feature where you could save all the settings
> on the PC so that they could be quickly restored after a master reset.
>
>         73,  Duane
>
>
> On Tue, 04 Nov 2003 03:06:47 +0000 ac5e at comcast.net writes:
> > Back a few firmware updates, I wrote it down but I'm too lazy to
> > look, my Orion quit transmitting and cycling it off and on brought
> > it back to life. I didn't miss much of the ragchew but after that
> > happened I gave it a master reset and cleared out all the memories.
> > It's worked fine ever since. Although I did clear them memories
> > again an update or so ago.
> >
> > But as Yuri says "good radio, fixes itself." At least it does when
> > you get the accumulated garbage out of it's memory.
> >
> > Punching everything back in is a minor chore but I have only had to
> > do that three times so far. At any rate, it's a lot quicker than
> > sending the rig to factory service. I would suggest you make a cheat
> > sheet with the menu settings; TX, AGC, etc, etc., so you don't
> > strain your memory along with your punching finger.
> >
> > 73  Pete Allen  AC5E
> > > Any comments on how the Orion performed in SS this past weekend?
> > >
> > > I don't have any deep technical comments but mine performed great!
> >  I never
> > > remember being able to pull out so many weak signals.  I could
> > always find a
> > > spot to squeeze into.  I even found the noise blanker will take
> > out key
> > > clicks!
> > >
> > > I did have two interesting occurances.  I was CQing with no takers
> > so quit
> > > and tuned up the band.  I discovered I wasn't hearing anything but
> > noise yet
> > > there were all kinds of signals on the sweep display.  I cycled
> > the power
> > > and the signals returned.  This only happend once.
> > >
> > > Another time no one was answering my calls.  I checked and had
> > zero output
> > > power.  Again, cycling the power returned everything to normal.
> > >
> > > 73,
> > >
> > > Alan  N5NA
> > >
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> Duane Calvin, AC5AA
> Austin, Texas
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