[TenTec] Orion got noisy

[Bob Cunnings]

Perhaps the EQ filter coefficients got corrupted - so changing the EQ
setting, since it causes them to be overwritten with new values,
returned the filter to a sane state?

RC

On 6/26/06, K4IA at aol.com <K4IA at aol.com> wrote:
> I noticed my Orion 1 (latest firmware) was sounding awful noisy - lots of
> band noise in the form of static and low frequency growling.  The S  meter was
> always reading high from the noise.  Reducing the RF gain did not  improve the
> audible S/N ratio.  The NR has been broken since ver 1.371 of  the software so
> that is no help at all.
>
> I tried playing with the AUDIO>RX EQ setting to see if it would make a
> difference.    It sure did but in a way I did not expect.   Setting it to -6db made
> the background noise go way down.  What I didn't  expect was that resetting
> it back to zero the background noise was still  way down.  Now my radio sounds
> like I think it should even with the EQ set  to zero.  The S meter is reading
> as I think it should instead of S9 noise  all the time.
>
> Anyone else noticed this or have a comment?
>
> k4ia
> Craig  "Buck"
> Fredericksburg, Virginia USA
>
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