[TenTec] Orion Voice Memories

[Kip Glunt]

Hi Bob,

Ditto!  These voice memories are so unreliable their not worth messing with!


 73's ... Kip

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Henderson bob-at-cytanet.com.cy |TenTec|"
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Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 5:26 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Orion Voice Memories


> I am currently at F/W rev 1.366 and having tried the voice memories, I
> am struggling.
>
> This is what I find:-
>
> Recording to a voice memory is erratic.  Sometimes it records and
> sometimes it doesn't.  Sometimes in the recording process, things hang
> up and a reboot is necessary to clear the problem.
>
> I successfully recorded my call as a voice message in Send 1.  Today it
> is still there and sometimes if I press Send 1 it is sent.  Sometimes
> the Orion switches to Tx and nothing is heard.  Sometimes when the
> message is finished the Orion comes back to receive and I can hear noise
> but no signals.  Again a reboot clears the condition.
>
> This seems to be something of a mess.  Is anyone else sharing any of
> these experiences or should I just go back to paddling my key?  I
> haven't tried the message buffers on CW yet, as I use an external keyer.
>
> Send1 and Send 2 memories appear to be fixed length at 4.54 seconds.  If
> you have a longer message that's tough.  If you have a shorter one,
> you're stuck on transmit until 4.54 seconds is up.  Is this kind of
> fixed length memory useful to you guys?  Shouldn't there at least be a
> message end control, so you can return to Rx when your message has ended
> rather than having to wait?
>
> I've never been much of a phone man, so perhaps this is all down to
> operator incompetence and I should leave well alone!
>
> Bob, 5B4AGN, P3F
>
>
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