[TenTec] Orion ll Update Please

[Ten-Tec Inc. Amateur Radio Sales]

Peak-detection AGC is only used in the original Orion, using firmware up 
through v1.372.  The AGC in V2 of the original Orion firmware and in the 
Orion II is true envelope AGC derived from a complex I-Q pair.  There 
has been some discussion lately - I think on the Yahoo IC7800 reflector 
about AGC and the Orion - that incorrectly identifies Orion II AGC as 
peak-detection.

Going to add some AGC technical discussion to a future manual revision 
as part of a more technical description of the differences between the 
two rigs.

Scott Robbins
W4PA

Ron Castro wrote:
> No such luck, however we did learn that TT is working on a fix that will 
> improve the AGC response to transients by changing from a peak-detection 
> process to an RMS type.  I hope while they're "in the neighborhood", they 
> will fix the discrepancy in the S-meter readings.
> 
> Ron N6AHA
>