[TenTec] Orion: going back zu 1.371, read why

[DK2GZ at aol.com]

Hello TT-Fans,
 
 
I decided to go back to firmware 1.371 today.
 
I am doing 99% CW this this radio.
 
Why did I reload the 1.371 firmware:
 
1.    the new keyer function does not work for me,  still stuck in cutis B 
when
       power on the Orion and I cannot see  any difference between the A and 
B mode
       the only solution is the do a master  reset every time you power on 
the Orion
       The OMNI 6* have a better keyer timing  for my operating style
 
2.    the headphone click when you are using a qsk delay  less 8%
       yes the qsk in faster in 1.372, but it  you have the clicks in the 
headphone
        and you have to reduce the  qsk-speed to 8% to reduce the click, you 
are in the same 
        speed range as with the  1.371 firmware
 
3.     lost the 2. RX nearly every day after power on  the Orion, mostly when 
the 2. RX
        is listen on 80 meter CW, will  not power on the Orion twice a day in 
serie
 
4.     17 Meter TX problem
        often had a extremly current  consumption on 17 meter when powering 
the Orion on, so 
        my power supply does not  deliever 40 amp and more on 12 volt. 
Sometimes this 
        problem was gone when I  switch to 15 meter did a few dit dit dit and 
switch back to
        17 meter, but not this  sunday!
 
5.     got several times a funny sounding main-receiver  when using the AN on 
SSB mode and
        switch back CW and turn  off the AN 
 
6.    the NR does not work as nicely as with 1.371
 
Yes I did several master reset and also one time a RAM CLEAR and master  
reset again.
 
Yes I know the things that solved with 1.372:
 
1.     the roofing filter kick in is now analog  with the BW
2.     the RFGAIN is working better now, but the  RX was fine also before
3.     the Voice-keyer should work now better, but  never used the Orion in 
SSB in TX mode
4.     the keying loop with ACOM amps should work now,  never used a ACOM, 
still
        using the old Centurion with the  amp-keyling line, did not perform 
the Centurion mode
        for the older Centurion  amps
 
So why I should use the 1.372 firmware as an 99% CW OP?
 
But also with 1.371 I having one thing that I cant solve up to now:
 
On 20 meter and up I have an offset of -160 HZ in CW to the frequency read  
out.
On the low bands 160/80/40/30 I do not have these offset.
 
The configuration here is:
 
ORION AT plus samplex SEC 1223 power supply:
 
1KHZ   TT roofing filter in the 1.8 KHZ slot
600 HZ Inrad roofing filter in the 1 KHZ slot
500 HZ TT roofing filter in the 500 HZ slot
250 HZ TT roofing filter in the 250 HZ slot
 
all filters enabled(1.8, 0.5, 0.25)
Offset 500 HZ 190 HZ
Offset 250 HZ 110 HZ
 
Mode LCW on all bands.
 
Yes I konw the problem could be the offset of the 500 and 250 HZ filters,  
but why
only on the bands 20 meter and up?
 
Switch to UCW on 20 meter and up do not solve the problem above.
 
First time 1 can remember this offsett problem appear since I put the  
original 1 KHZ filter in in
the 1.8KHZ slot, but not 100% sure about this.
 
73 de Harry, DK2GZ
 
a TT-Fan since several years
 
TT gear visit my shak in the past 22 years: 
OMNI D, Argonaut, Argonaut II. Paragon, OMNI 6+, TT-Kit 1320
 
Never had such kind of problems with the K2/100 and TS570D(G) or
the TT-gear above