[TenTec] O2 Power

[Barry LaZar]

Toby et al,
	OK, where do I start. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE ORION II. There is a
lesson here: don't make adjustments when you are tired.

	I came home this evening and turned on the Orion II, attached the dummy
load, and disabled the antenna tuner. I next put the power meter into peak
read, turned off the speech processor, and set the mic gain to 50. Keyed the
transmitter and whistled up 100 watts. Changed the power meter to average
and whistled up about 20 watts. Turned on the speech processor, set it to 4,
and whistled up about 40 watts average. OK so far.
	Changed to user 1 which I use for digital and CW. Keyed the transmitter
using Digipan and almost nothing. Checked the computer, everything is fine.
Start going thru the menus and discover that I have set the audio in to both
mic and input gain to 3. Rekeyed the transmitter in the Digipan tune mode
and reset the audio in to AUX and gain to 20 for an output of 35 watts.
	The problem was two fold. The audio gains were both set wrong and the
sources were also. How that happened can only be explained by fatigue.
Trying to do too much, too late, I guess. I have a feeling that I may not be
the only sleepy ham who can't wait to rest before he finishes setting up his
new toy. Now to discover what other areas that need to be adjusted.
	Thanks to all who responded. Your input pointed me to where I needed to
look.




Vy 73,
Barry
K3NDM




-----Original Message-----
From: Toby Pennington [mailto:toby423 at earthlink.net]
Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 1:41 PM
To: k3ndm at verizon.net
Subject: Re: O2 Power


Barry,  I have a feeling that there is something that needs to be changed in
the software to fix the audio weakness as this is occuring in all of the
O2s,    however your issue with low output power is only popping up here and
there and is not universal,  so think there could be a hardware problem with
the output power on your particular rig and also on  Toms.

If you can't see 100 watts out on your peak reading watt meter then there is
one other thing I would try.  Under the bottom of your rig just under and
back a little from the User 2 button is the internal audio gain.  There is a
little hole there to make adjustments for the audio output.  I  would get a
little flathead screwdriver and turn that adjustment all the way up to the
right.  This opens the output wide open.  I have mine turned up all the way
to the right and have plenty of audio gain for my mike.

Now, if your are already seeing plenty of ALC activity with out  doing this
adjustment,  then you may not need to do it.  The Orion sounds better with
heavy ALC activity from my experience with it.

Let me know what you find out>     Toby  W4CAK


----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry LaZar" <k3ndm at verizon.net>
To: "Toby Pennington" <toby423 at earthlink.net>; <k3ndm at verizon.net>
Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 10:08 AM
Subject: Re: O2 Power


> Toby,
>      Thanks for the quick response. I just finished looking up ur e-mail
address.
>      I guess you have been reading the thread so you know what I'm seeing.
K3MRG suggested that I talk to you to see what you found out from TT.
>      I never had an Orion I so I don't know how it reacted, but for sure
the OII doesn't have the push thru of my old TS-870 or TS-50. This caught me
quite by surprise as TT is famous for its audio. I'm going to wait a day or
so to see if TT reads the mail and then make a call. Any insights you have
will be gratefully accepted.
>
> 73,
> Barry
> K3NDN
>
>
> >From: Toby Pennington <toby423 at earthlink.net>
> >Date: Mon Jan 09 08:41:36 CST 2006
> >To: k3ndm at verizon.net
> >Subject: O2 Power
>
> >Barry,  You shuld be seeing 100 watts out on your peak reading wattmeter.
This has been reported to TT so if I were you I would report it also.  My
friend Ton, K3MRG has been talking to Paul at TT who sent him a different
mike to see if it would make any difference,  but don't know at this time if
it has helped.   There seems also to be a quality of audio issue popping up
as the audio from the O2 is not sounding as good as the O1.   I have heard
this myself as it seems to be subdued and lacks the presence of the old
Orion.   Good luck with your problem!     Toby  W4CAK
>