[TenTec] ORION RIT "Step"

[Sinisa Hristov]

Rick Westerman wrote:
 
> I changed the PBT/BW step to be 50 Hz because I found the 10 Hz
> steps to be two slow to adjust and I don't feel I need so much
> granularity.
 
> However, it seems that this change also affects the step rate of
> the RIT.  It jumps 50 Hz at a time.  If I reset the PBT/BW to a
> step of 10 Hz, then the RIT also steps in 10 Hz.  I wish to keep
> the RIT at 10 Hz but increase PBT/BW to 50 Hz steps.
> I don't manage to do that.
 
> Am I doing something wrong or are these features coupled?


Unfortunately, they seem to be coupled.

And encoder resolution on Orion is rather poor:

  * VFO encoder ~64/256 steps per revolution,
    compared to ~250/1000 on F1000MP

  * RIT encoder ~10/40 steps per revolution,
    compared to ~25/100 on F1000MP

Linked with slow synthesizer update, this makes Orion a poor
choice for band scanning during contests.


73,

Sinisa  YT1NT, VA3TTN