[TenTec] Orion Sweep

[Bernard]

   Considering how fast the Integrated Circuit technology (speed) moves
(Moore's Law) from year to year, I was wondering why TenTec just doesn't go
to a faster set of processors?  I went to the ADI website last weekend to
see what they had, and their signal processors come in all "flavors"
(speeds).  Since I don't have my new Orion just yet, I don't know what
"flavor" is used in the Orion.

    I would think that all the code would be compatible, but I could be
wrong.  I bought a new Dell 2.8 GHz computer last month and all my "old"
programs work on it.  They sure run a lot faster!

    If the sweep issue is really a processor speed problem, I think that
there could be a relatively simple fix for it.  Of course, something else
could be causing the problem.

    Just one man's opinion.

        73

        Bernard, WA4OEJ


----- Original Message -----
From: "Tommy" <aldermant at alltel.net>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 9:14 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion Sweep


> My comment on  the 'sweep' 'click' issue is to try a different set of
> headphones since the click is heard in the headphones and not on the
> speaker, and no one else that I have heard of has experienced the same
> problem. TT will probably tell you, first,  to use headphones with an
> impedence (AC, not DC) of 32 ohms or greater.
>
> I must have drawn a 'lucky number' as since last July my sweep itself has
> never frozen. Sometimes my Orion is turned on on a Friday morning and does
> not get turned off until Sunday night. But I do have the external fan and
I
> do have plenty of air circulation area around the Orion.
>
> I do however, continue to have a RF power shut down when I'm running (CW)
> split VFO's. If VFO B is assigned to TX and VFO A is assigned to RX, AND
THE
> SWEEP IS TURNED ON, I will encure a random RF power shut down and the only
> way to recover is to do a radio power off/on sequence. That was reported
to
> TT last September and it's not fixed yet. So to operate split, I just turn
> the Sweep function off and I do not have the problem.
>
> The only other small glitch I have is when I press the B>A button, the
mode
> in A changes to USB, no matter what mode is set in B. Also reported to TT
> last September and it's not fixed yet.
>
> Considering the complexity of the Orion, in my opinion, thats pretty
darned
> good firmware work!
>
> Tom - W4BQF
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <K4IA at aol.com>
> To: <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 9:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion Sweep
>
>
> > I would comment on the click issue but my sweep is frozen most of the
time
> so
> > I don't know if it "clicks" or not.  ;-)
> >
> > Has no one else experienced freezing sweep accompanied by loss of audio
in
> > the sub rx?  They seem to happen together after the radio has been on
for
> > several hours.
> >
> >
> > Radio k4ia
> > "Buck"
> > Fredericksburg, Virginia USA
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