[TenTec] Orion Wish List

[Bob Henderson]

Taylor

I support your proposals which are well thought out and well presented.  
I am sure the good folks at TT will take note of your comments.

For my own part I would add a further item to your list:

A>B and B>A currently transfer only frequency and mode.  It would be 
beneficial if bandwidth, PBT, & AGC settings were transferred at the 
same time.  Setting up for split frequency operation is currently more 
cumbersome that it need be.

73 Bob, 5B4AGN


Taylor Davidson wrote:

>I have used the Orion for several months now, and find it a remarkable
>transceiver.  The RF performance is outstanding.  The user interface is
>excellent.  I carefully examined other premium transceivers, and to me the
>Orion's front panel configuration and operation is the best available.  But,
>(there's always a but) there are a few feature enhancements that would raise
>my rating from a 9 to a 10.  Here they are, not necessarily in order of
>importance:
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>1.   Display the band stacking register number:  There is room on the
>display in the lower left corner for displaying 1,2, 3, or 4 to indicate the
>selected register within the band.
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>2. Improve ease of AGC control:  The capability to completely configure AGC
>parameters is one of the most powerful features of the Orion.  For years I
>have wanted this capability on an HF transceiver.  However, having to go
>into the menu system is a very aggravating procedure for tweaking AGC when
>trying to optimize copy of under difficult conditions.  I propose the
>following to provide quicker and easier access to AGC setup:
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>
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>a. When SWEEP is off, display the AGC parameters for the currently selected
>AGC in the area of the LCD used for SWEEP display.  Display the MAIN
>receiver AGC parameters under the MAIN receiver side of the display.
>Likewise, the SUB receiver parameters would be displayed on the SUB side.
>Display them in this order:  threshold, decay, hang time.  The displayed
>parameters would follow the selection of fast, med, and slow AGC.  Display
>nothing is AGC off is selected.
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>
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>b. Use the MULTI knob to change AGC settings.  Press the MULTI knob to
>select the AGC parameter to alter.  The first press would select threshold.
>The second press would select decay.  The third press would select hang
>time.  The fourth press would go back to the top to threshold.  Just as for
>all other setups, rotate the MULTI knob to change the selected parameter.
>
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>c. The MULTI knob would work on the AGC values of the currently selected
>receiver.  That is, if MAIN is highlighted, pressing the MULTI knob will
>highlight the AGC settings for the MAIN receiver.  Likewise, if SUB is
>highlighted, the sub-receiver AGC setting would be edited.
>
>
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>3. Raise MONITOR volume: The monitor volume for SSB is way too low even when
>set to 100. To hear my transmit audio when using a headset; the receiver
>volume must be set way above normal receive level. The side-tone and FSK
>monitor levels are fine.  Just the monitor level for phone needs to be
>considerably increased.
>
>
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>4. Store more parameters in the band-stacking registers:  Currently the
>frequency, mode, and bandwidth are stored in the band-stacking registers.
>Add the following to the data stored and recovered by the band-stacking
>registers:
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>      PBT setting
>
>      Preamp setting (on or off)
>
>      AGC selected (off, slow, med, fast, or prog)
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>      Attenuator setting
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>5. Reduce speech processor gain: Peak transmit audio drive jumps way up when
>the speech processor in turned on.  If I set the MIC level for normal
>modulation with the speech processor off, the level is too high when the
>compressor is turned on.  Peak modulation level should remain nearly the
>same whether the processor is on or off.  The speech processor should
>provide higher average transmit audio without so significantly raising the
>peak audio.
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>6. Add decimal points to frequencies stored in RECALL:  Stored frequencies
>should have decimal points just like the primary and sub-receiver
>frequencies are displayed.
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>This is my wish list.  I would enjoy hearing comments and suggestions from
>other Orion owners.
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>73, Taylor, N4TD
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