[TenTec] Sweep display freezing on Orion

[Toby Pennington]

Eric,  This is an old problem (sweep freezing in sub-receive) with the 
Orion, and Ten Tec is aware of it.  However, it still would be good to email 
to ditsnbits about the problem. I am not sure how high this one is on their 
"to fix" list, but possibly one of the BETA testers might enlighten us as to 
whether this issue is being fixed in the next version.  Toby W4CAK

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric SENSI" <eric.sensi at skynet.be>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2004 9:11 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Sweep display freezing on Orion


> Hello you all,
>
> I have my TT565 Orion for 24 hours now and had already some questions 
> about
> this "strange" radio.
>
> By "strange", I mean different from what I own before (Icom, Kenwood
> TS-870S, Yaesu FT-990 and FT-1000) !
>
> Right out of the box it seems not to be an excellent radio, just have to
> customize it thru the menus and parameters.
>
> Now it's okay, I have made 2 contacts this morning with "nice" audio 
> reports
> but...
>
> Running latest firmware #1.371
>
> If anyone could help me about that :
>
> 1. Sweep display :
> ------------------
>
> - Sweep display activated and working, I mean moving (for Main receiver
> only);
> - On the SUB receiver, engage either the NR or AN function and the sweep 
> is
> completely frozen (no movements at all !);
> - Remove the NR or AN function and the sweep display is dancing again !
>
> Is this a normal behavior or not ?
>
> 2. Meter and AGC :
> ------------------
>
> It seems that the meter needle is electronically controled by the AGC
> system... well, in the case of a static discharge at the antenna, a "POP" 
> is
> heard thru the speaker, the needle is peaking at +20dB or +40dB and the 
> AGC
> is killed during half a second or so making the reception of the signal
> impossible during this short amount of time !
>
> I never have this "problem" with my FT-1000, the AGC was not killed by the
> static discharge and I could still hear the audio behind it !
>
> Is there a way to avoid that phenomenon ? The PROG AGC values cannot be 
> set
> to resolve this...
>
> Many thanks for support.
>
> Eric, ON6CV
>
> http://www.qrz.com/callsign/ON6CV
>
>
>
>
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