[TenTec] Cooling the Orion

[Tommy]

Yes, there is a 20khz filter but I have no clue why one would want to use
that.

Haven't seen the keypad problem. Normally after punching  VFO A ENTER
button, punching in your freq, and then pushing VFO A ENTER again, mine
always switches to the inputted frequency.

Your going to run into some more anomolaties as you get familar with it.
Such as when you press B>A, you will find that VFO A changes it's mode to
USB, no matter what mode was set in VFO B. But if you read the pdf file on
rfsquared.com , you will see what all they have been working in for the
v1.37 firmware update. If I recall, out of 25 changes, 14 of them pretain to
the CW mode.

Just be aware that until v1.37 is released, if you work split, such as the
tx on VFO A and the rx on VFO B, and the sweep is running, the Orion will
randomly stop transmitting and you have to reboot (!love that term!) the
Orion to get your xmtr working again. The release of v1.37 should make the
Orion another very good Ten Tec radio. Most folks, including me, think the
spectrum scope is almost, but not quite useless.

Tom - W4BQF

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Ellington" <N4LQ at igLou.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 10:07 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Cooling the Orion


> I didn't even know this had a 20khz filter Tom. Am I missing something? I
> did notice that when I enter a freq. on the keypad it doesn't always
> activate unless I turn the vfo knob. What's with that?
> Steve
> N4LQ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thomas Uhlman" <tuhlman at kimbanet.com>
> To: <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 12:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Cooling the Orion
>
>
> > Speaking of Orion irregularities, has anyone noticed this issue:
> >
> > Set both receivers to the same band and same antennas....
> >
> > Enable the 20 kHz filter...
> >
> > Tune in a signal on the sub-receiver....
> >
> > Set the main receiver 14 kHz ABOVE the subreceiver frequency.....
> >
> > Do you receive the same signal on both receivers??
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tommy" <aldermant at alltel.net>
> > To: <tentec at contesting.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 8:38 AM
> > Subject: Re: [TenTec] Cooling the Orion
> >
> >
> > > Yes, that seems to be a surprising 'plus' to the extra cooling air
> > movement.
> > > Would be interesting to know if Jim/KH7M has noticed the same  thing
> with
> > > his Orion.
> > >
> > > Tom - W4BQF
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Thomas Uhlman" <tuhlman at kimbanet.com>
> > > To: <tentec at contesting.com>
> > > Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 8:15 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [TenTec] Cooling the Orion
> > >
> > >
> > > > Funny you mentioned the darkening of the left hand side of the
> > display...
> > > My
> > > > Orion's display does that too after about an hour or so of
power-up...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > I'm really not 'pressurizing' anything, mearly generating a slight
> air
> > > > flow
> > > > > out of the top of the Orion through the speaker grill. The intake
> > ports
> > > > > would be mainly the ports on the bottom of the radio, especially
the
> > > ones
> > > > > under the front panel. With the fan speed cranked down so the fan
> > makes
> > > no
> > > > > noise, there is just a gently flow of air exhausted out the top.
> > > > >
> > > > > One side benefit I have noticed:  the left side of my LCD screen
had
> > > > become
> > > > > slightly darker than the rest of the screen (about an inch wide,
> > > > > vertically), now that has completely cleared up.
> > > > >
> > > > > Tom - W4BQF
> > > > >
> > >
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