[TenTec] Re: why no Orions heard

[Grant Youngman]

> I could never make it transmit.  We tried for the 30 minutes we were
> there before giving up without ever getting it to tx.  I wish TT had
> manuals out or had guys who knew how to operate it at each position to
> help us.  

Surprising.  Sounds like maybe (1) the transmitter was disabled in the 
menus (that could have been intentional if there wasn't an official control 
op or someone else supervising who hit the PTT button), or (2) 
somebody fiddling with menus turned on the QSK keying loop which will 
prevent the radio from transmitting unless a compatible amp is connected 
to the loop, etc..  

They might have even locked it down in a special firmware load for the 
first reason above.

Grant/NQ5T