[TenTec] My new ORION

[Robert & Linda McGraw K4TAX]

Bill:

You share some really nice positive responses to these issues.  It is nice 
to see some intelligence shared here on the reflector.

73
Bob, K4TAX

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Tippett" <btippett at alum.mit.edu>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 12:46 PM
Subject: [TenTec] My new ORION


> WQ7X wrote:
> >Distortion, so I tune up 7kHz and there we go S9+37dB station.
> >Turn off preamp and dist. gone.
>
>         Mark, just for fun, try these two things (separately):
>
> 1.  Back off on RFGAIN, Preamp On.
>
> OR...
>
> 2.  Set Threshold to 3-5 uV, Preamp On.
>
> ...and see if you still have the problem.  If
> turning Preamp Off is now solving your problem,
> I suspect both the above should also work.
>
> >No problem, but long term DSP should handle this.
>
> I completely agree.  This had never been a problem
> until 1.372 and it should be impossible for any
> user to EVER overdrive the DSP, no matter where
> things are set.  I'm sure it will be fixed but
> there are some fairly simple work-arounds until
> the next public firmware release.
>
>                                 73,  Bill  W4ZV
>
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