[TenTec] Orion rf gain control glitch

[Toby Pennington]

Bob, Have you tried a master reset after the 1.372 update?  This might take 
care of the atrifact on the dispaly and  the probem with the s meter.  Also, 
a Ram Clear might be the next thing to try.  Your 's is the first  I have 
heard with the s-meter problem. The dead spots are common with this update, 
but does not seem to bother me that much.

The improved RF gain and Qsk are worth sticking with the new version for me, 
but Ten Tec will send you the old version if you want it.  Just call and ask 
and they will email it to you.      Toby W4CAK


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Cunnings" <bobc at delta.whitemesa.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 2:29 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Orion rf gain control glitch


> Hello,
>
> I've run into the following twice now after updating to 1.372, after
> making a change to the rf gain:
>
> 1) The S-meter suddenly falls to min. scale and stays stuck there.
> 2) Adjusting the rf gain no longer has any effect, although the numeric
> values displayed change as usual as the multi knob is rotated.
> 3) A visual artifact appears, a short vertical bar in the upper left
> hand corner of the RF Gain value cell.
> 4) Otherwise the rcvr continues to function. I still don't understand
> why the S-meter acts so oddly when rf gain is reduced to the lowest
> value (1) - it rises to S9 at minimum gain, signal or no signal.
>
> It happened about an hour or so into operation both times. Cycling power
> on the rig restored sanity.
>
> Has anyone else observed this? I suspect that the (new) combined AGC
> threshold/rf gain/S-meter minimum management thing is simply blowing up
> on me.
>
> Between this and the "dead spot on BW control" issue, I'm ready to
> regress to 1.371, which was flawless (at least for me, and managing the
> AGC threshold from the RX menu was no big thing). Since I don't actually
> have the file for 1.371, will ten-tec furnish it if I call them up and
> ask? I don't see previous versions available for download on
> rfsquared.com.
>
> 73 NW8L
>
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