[TenTec] Orion Synthesizer speed

[Jim Reid]

Bob, 5B4AGN, wrote,  in part:

> I guess you guys missed my post on this at the end of 
> December.  I spoke to Ten Tec about the jerky synthesiser 
> response; they confirmed it to be nothing to do with slow 
> locking of the synthesiser, whether in the  interests of low 
> noise or anything else.  The effect is caused by the 
> speed with which the control microprocessor can 
> execute instructions.  

Ok,  Bob,  guess I missed your earlier post.  Hope TT can come up
with a "replacement" processor then for all these overhead
functions.  Maybe have to be a board swap with the factory?
Or maybe,  just live with it until Orion II,  hi.  Not a big deal
for me anyway. 

Last band sweep display I had which really worked well
was about 12 years ago:  a Kenwood TS-950SDX with the
external "pan" scope;  always centered on your main tune
frequency,  and the sub rcvr tune, was a bright dot on the 
display baseline.  That was very useful!!

73,  Jim  KH7M