[TenTec] [Fwd: RE: [Fwd: Orion Hardware NB bug from N6BV]]

[joel hallas]

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: RE: [Fwd: [TenTec] Orion Hardware NB bug from N6BV]
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 13:32:31 -0800
From: Dean Straw <n6bv at arrl.org>
To: joel hallas <jrhallas at optonline.net>
CC: "Bill Tippett, W4ZV" <btippett at alum.mit.edu>



Bill/Joel:
 
Yep, 1.372. Is there a later version that I don't have? (I'm not one of 
the beta testers.)
 
I forgot to mention that it was on 40 meters that I had to insert all 
that front-end attenuation when the hardware NB was on (but not "on"). 
N6RO has a pair of stacked M2 4L40 Yagis at 135/70 feet, so signals were 
LOUD.
 
73, Dean, N6BV

    -----Original Message-----
    From: joel hallas [mailto:jrhallas at optonline.net]
    Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 1:27 PM
    To: n6bv at arrl.org
    Subject: [Fwd: [TenTec] Orion Hardware NB bug from N6BV]

    Dean,

    FYI

    73, Joel

    -------- Original Message --------
    Subject: [TenTec] Orion Hardware NB bug from N6BV
    Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 14:38:33 -0500
    From: Bill Tippett <btippett at alum.mit.edu>
    Reply-To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec at contesting.com>
    To: tentec at contesting.com, orion at contesting.com



Just noticed the following in N6BV's Sweepstakes writeup:

"I discovered that the "Hardware NB" (noise blanker) in the Orion doesn't
actually shut off when the front-panel button say "off" -- I discovered this
about 5 hours into the contest when I had to put 18 dB of attenuation in the
front end to prevent terrible buckshot noise. Turning the Hardware NB off from
the receiver menu cured that problem. Otherwise, the Orion performed
beautifully. It's a keeper."

Not sure which firmware rev Dean was using but I suspect 1.372.

73,  Bill

_______________________________________________
TenTec mailing list
TenTec at contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec