[TenTec] New Firmware

[W8KEB]

Hi All


>>>Having said all this I am happy to run version 1.367 or 1.373b3 on my 
>>>Classic Orion and feel it is the best out there at this time.  Enjoy your 
>>>Orions!
Toby  W4CAK<<<<<

If you have the Classic Orion and are not using V1.373b3 and the N4PY Orion 
Control Program you are missing some of the greatest operating ever.  I have 
known Toby for a few years and have enjoyed breaking bread with Toby and his 
wife.  Toby is a TRUE Gentleman and only tells it as it is.

I use Carl's Orion Control Program and have my "Classic" about five foot 
away for the computer.  The Remote Tuning Pod, the Goldline GM-5 on the boom 
and the mouse is all I need to address most every thing the Orion Classic 
offers.  Some things such as the transmit and receive EQ must be addressed 
from the Orion front pannel but they are for the most part set once and 
forget.  Carl added Sweep Intergration to the lastest upgrade.  I have my 
sweep running full time using the Sub Receiver for the sweep.  I can see the 
signals on the band change with the qsb.  I would call it real time sweep 
but I know some will say it is not so, all I will say is try it, you may 
like it.

This afternoon on 40 meters SSB at 1730 UTC our group could not hear in 
state stations except for me with my Classic Orion.  My friend in Waverly 
Ohio could not hear me but I had a very weak signal on Don.  I reduced the 
RF Gain to 60, turned the DSP NR to 2 and lowered the BW from 2800 to 2400 
and I could copy Don.  Firmwear V1.373b3 has the best NR of all the Firmwear 
versions released to date, again that is my feelings.

My Orion Classic does not crash, Carl's Orion Control Program does not crash 
and I am very happy with my setup.  I will not put V2.XXX on my Classic, it 
is not needed in my case.

73 from the Buckeye State.

Ken/w8keb
Flushing, Ohio