[TenTec] band stacking

[Carl Moreschi]

My N4PY Orion Control Program solves this band stacking problem.  It has
separate band buttons for CW and SSB and a third set that can be defined for
SWL or PSK use.

See my webapge at www.n4py.com

Carl Moreschi N4PY
Franklinton, NC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Ewing" <martin at aa6e.net>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Cc: <aldermant at alltel.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 6:04 PM
Subject: [TenTec] band stacking (was cooling the Orion)


> I find the band stacking registers frustrating.  Why?  For my taste:
>
> 1. There should be an on-screen indication of which BS reg you have
> selected.
> 2.  It should be possible to set and lock the info in the BS regs.
>
> For each band, I would like to be able to switch between a typical CW
> setting (freq, mode & filters), a typical PSK setting, and a typical SSB
> setting, etc.  (Actually, I would like the AGC settings, freq step
> settings, etc, to be included in the mode setup / BS regs.)
>
> This can kinda be done now, but without locking & displaying the
> register setting, my setups get mixed up pretty quickly.
>
> Switching between my normal CW, PSK, and SSB settings now is
> frustrating, because there is too much button-pushing and thinking
required.
>
> I bet this is not a big change to the firmware, if TT chooses to
implement.
>
> 73, Martin AA6E
>
> W4BQF penned:
>
> >Maybe this will help some (I hope!):
> >
> >Push the '80' mtr button,
> >Enter a freq, such as 3.505; set the mode, set the DSP filter,
> >Push the '80' mtr button again,
> >Ender a freq, such as 3.530, set the mode, set the DSP filter,
> >Push the '80' mtr button again,
> >Enter a freq, such as 3.875, set the mode, set the DSP filter,
> >Push the '80' mtr button again,
> >Enter a freq, such as 3.923, set the mode, set the DSP filter,
> >Push the '80' mtr button again, but this time the freq, mode and DSP
filter
> >settings will recall the 3.505 information you previously stored. Now
each
> >time you push the '80' mtr button it will recall each of the freq, it
turn,
> >that you had set.
> >
> >However, lets say you had recalled the 3.530 freq information and you
> >randomly tune around and stop on, say 3.545, and then decide to go to 20
> >mtrs, when you finish on 20m and go back to 80mtrs, the rig will return
to
> >the frequency it was at when you QSY'ed to 20 mtrs. In other words,  the
> >band stacking memories are active and will not keep the four
> >freq/mode/filter settings permanently. When you leave a band and then
come
> >back to it, the settings that you had when you left that original band is
> >what has been stored in the top band stack memory.
> >
> >It's  more complicated to write about than to actually use it.
> >
> >
> >
>
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