[TenTec] Orion "anomalies"

[Mike Cheponis]

Why?

I'm only listening.

On Sat, 9 Jul 2005 N0KHQ at aol.com wrote:

> Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2005 20:46:04 EDT
> From: N0KHQ at aol.com
> To: mac at wireless.com, tentec at contesting.com
> Subject: [TenTec] Orion "anomalies"
> 
> Hi Mike,
>
> Looked at your .jpg's nice pictures.
>
> The first thing you might want to try to get rid of the Orion anomalies is to
> get it off the top of your antenna tuner. :-)) geez!
>
> John / N0KHQ
>
>
>
> Message: 10
> Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 15:09:29 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Mike Cheponis <mac at Wireless.Com>
> Subject: [TenTec] Orion "anomalies"
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec at contesting.com>
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> Yikes!
>
> I'm a new (3 weeks) Orion owner and long-term Ten-Tec fan, but I must admit,
> this Orion is trying my patience.
>
> I have the latest software, and have noticed "anomalies" which I documented
> in an email to Ten-Tec.
>
>
>   I was adjusting the BW knob and this unusual message popped up on the
> screen:
>
>   http://cheponis.com/Orion_DSP_T_slash_O_1.jpg
>
>   The radio state, at least as depicted by the front panel, is here:
>
>   http://cheponis.com/Orion_Radio_Button_State.jpg
>
>   Further adjustment of the BW knob produced this screen output:
>
>   http://cheponis.com/Orion_DSP_BG_Fail.jpg
>
>   Power-Cycling the radio cleared this condition.
>
>
>
> I did talk with Paul Clinton, a great service guy at Ten-Tec, but about all
> he could suggest is doing a Master Reset, and maybe send mail to ditsnbits.
>
>
> The radio mostly works, but, for example, I don't hear any difference with
> the panaramic stereo (I did once, but it didn't seem to work now.)
>
>
> Sooooo, I figured, what the heck, do a Master Reset and maybe it'll fix it.
>
> Fix it?
>
> NOW, the "MULTI" knob does not work!  I go into the menus and I can't set
> parameters because the MULTI knob is a no-op!
>
> I've tried multiple "Master Resets" but the MULTI knob remains a no-op.
>
>
> Has anybody else had this problem, and is there a fix, or some other reset I
> don't know about?
>
> Thanks!  -Mike K3MC
>