[TenTec] Orion in SO2R

[Grant Youngman]

> altogether pedestrian rate. When you change band from the front panel
> or under computer control it takes about two seconds for the frequency
> readout to update.

I did some testing there, and although I don't currently have my remote 
connection plugged in, band change from the panel appears to be well 
under one second, including the time required to actually depress the 
band button.  I can't make it take two seconds no matter what I do.

As to the reaction time of other controls, they don't seem unreasonable.  I 
didn't notice my typing sepped increase when I upgraded form an 
800Mhz to a 2.4 Ghz PC, either :-)

Carl M. has discussed the issue with speed of the remote control port 
(not com speed, but response speed) several times.

> copy them.  It's an art you fellas will understand and one which I
> have been unable to practice with the Orion, because the choppiness 
of
> the synthesiser 

This effect is certainly there.  One thing that exacerbates it is sweep, 
which seems to consume a good bit of processor resources.  Running 
with sweep off significantly reduces the magnitude of the effect as you 
have described it, although it doesn't eliminate it.

Grant/NQ5T