[TenTec] Problem: Please confirm Orion II Radios

[John Nason]

Did you have to turn the airplane off and then back on
in mid-flight like we have to sometimes?:)

73, John NA9U

--- Richard Williams <richardw at mho.com> wrote:

> Same problem here.  Must be a "BUG"!!    Makes one
> wonder how many other 
> bugs there are like this.  Maybe some "mathmatician
> amateur" can come with 
> the total number of possible combinations that can
> be tried with the 
> aforementioned knobs/buttons/switches.
> 
>  Only time will tell as guys try turning on/off or
> "fiddling" with the 72 
> knobs and buttons on the front of the radio in
> different sequences, orders 
> and settings.
> 
> Just a side note;  I am a retired airline pilot and
> flew a "software 
> defined" airplane (was assembled in France).  It
> would  have been great if 
> the software in the airplane had/has as few "bugs"
> as the Orion.   When I 
> retired, the flight manual had a section called
> "anomalies"; just 15 pages 
> worth.   Some as mondane as an "audible pop" in your
> headset when switching 
> power sources, or distortion when transmitting on
> the VHF radio(s) above 130 
> MHz.
> Others would get your attention faster than "a
> wardrobe malfunction".   By 
> the way,  the "fix" for the distortion problem is to
> clip the headset cord 
> to your uniform epaulet, and not to the window
> frame.
> 
> Dick K8ZTT
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <AI4DQ at aol.com>
> To: <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 12:06 PM
> Subject: [TenTec] Problem: Please confirm Orion II
> Radios
> 
> 
> > Version 2.032 software
> > When operating my new Orion II this am Had
> terrible Noise with NB set to 2 
> > ,
> > NR 3, Notch on and the SP set 3 and sweep on  I
> then went notch C 
> > position
> > rotating the Down from 1000HZ  when I get past
> 900HZ  I lose  audio and is
> > replaced with crackling sound The only way to
> restore the audio is  by 
> > turning the
> > radio off and on a reset is not required. I would
> like others to  confirm,
> > And I have one other owner confirm(WB4QDA) this
> Bug. and would like 
> > everyone to
> > confirm this. I tried others setting but the NB
> has to be on and the  NR 
> > has
> > to be on as well as Notch.
> >
> > Phil AI4DQ
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