[TenTec] Orion issues

[Ron]

Goodness, what a messy scenario..............

User Interfaces; the Orion is one of the best for such a complex rig that I
have come across.  I quickly learned the Orion's interface and do not forget
were every thing is located.  Now, setting next to the Orion is my Icom
775DSP.  Talk about an interface that is not so easy to learn or remember to
exercise all of its functionalities.

Concerning what one has to do after a conversation after using the Orion's
RIT control, I don't understand why one would have to go through all the
gyrations to return the RIT back to the the original frequency.  I just tap
the RIT control to return.  Kind of like my Icom 775DSP.

Am I missing something here, or do people create unrelated scenarios just to
complain......  The Orion is one of the best interface's to learn, to
remember, and to use that I have come across in my 40 years of being a
ham......  


Ron ....... NU1U 

-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
On Behalf Of K4IA at aol.com
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 15:23
To: tentec at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion issues

In a message dated 1/9/2004 14:24:38 PM Eastern Standard Time,
mark at microenh.com writes:
I also found that the user interface was cumbersome in places. There are
some functions that one uses frequently that required going to the menu to
change.
This is the one area that I find most troubling.  The radio is great for
sitting on one frequency and running in a contest.  However, the radio is
not "nimble."  That is, it cannot change direction quickly.  For example:

Consider you are in a QSO and have adjusted the RIT (no one ever calls you
back on frequency) the CUT/PBT and the BW.  Now you finish with him and want
to listen around.  Here is what you have to do to return the radio to a
neutral
setup:

1.  Look at the BW button to be sure you are in BW mode.  If not, push the
button to get to BW

2.  Twiddle the knob to open the filter back up.  Maybe four or five twists
and, since twists are not precise, you have to watch the display to look for
the filter width you want

3.  Push the PBT button to get in PBT mode

4.  Hold the button for 2 seconds to zero it.

5.  Hold the RIT button to zero it

Or:

Same as above but you want to switch from a narrow filter with fewer DSP
taps (wider skirts) to a wider filter with 199 taps (steeper skirts) or vice
versa.  You have to:

1.  Put the BW knob in BW mode.

2.  Twiddle it to change the width

3.  Hit Menus=>Filter spin VFO A knob to DSP Filter length, twiddle Multi to
get to the right number of taps.

4.  Hit Menus.  

5.  Then be prepared to do it all over again when you change back.

I have suggested to the folks at ditsnbits that this could be fixed by
making use of the USER 1 and 2 buttons on the front of the radio -- using
them to return the radio to some default neutral setting.  I haven't heard
from ditsnbits and I don't know if that is even possible with the firmware.

Still trying to decide if I should keep mine.

Radio k4ia
Craig "Buck"
Fredericksburg, Virginia USA
_______________________________________________
TenTec mailing list
TenTec at contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec