[TenTec] Orion reset

[Tommy]

John,

Are you using a Ten Tec amp? Do you use it in the keying loop for 
QSK? If the answer to those questions is 'yes', then you probably do 
not have a defective unit. My Orion has been doing that for about 16 
months now and is the primary reason I will not use it during 
contest.

There are two potential 'work-arounds'. One is to keep the spectrum 
scope turned off (recommended by Ten Tec). Second is to turn on BOTH 
keying loops, even though the second one is not used. This 'tip' 
came from W9GE and it is, so far, being successfully tried by 
several other hams who have TT amps in the Orion's keying loop. (TT 
say's turning on the second keying loop should have no affect.) (Ten 
Tec also says the random loss of RF output power from the Orion is a 
known firmware bug that they have not been able to track down yet.)

Good luck.

Tom - W4BQF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Thompson" <jwt105 at yahoo.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 8:47 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Orion reset


>I have had the Orion for 7 months.  Its receiver is
> very immune to overload and adjacent channel
> inteference.
> My unit seems to mute on receive or transmit, more on
> receive, every 2-5 hours during contest operation,
> requiring master reset, which takes aroun 2.5 minutes
> with user memory restore.  There were 7 resets for
> CQWW SSB and CW each. This muting always occurs at the
> maximum contest rate, and is disruptive.  I think this
> is the "Achilles heel" for this rig.  It has been
> suggested to do all keying from the front panel by Ten
> Tec(disabling th on-board keyer), which does not help.
> The 1.372 firmware does not help.
> Any comments?  Do I have a defective unit?
> 73,
> John K3MD
>
>
>
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