[TenTec] Observatons

[Ron Castro]

Rick...what is the voltage on the line going between TX Out on the Orion and 
the Key In on the Hercules.  The voltage is supplied by the amp...the TX Out 
on the Orion just pulls the + amp voltage to ground with an NPN transistor. 
The Orion manual says not to switch more than 15 V, but on my Titan, the 
voltage is +24 V, which may be part of the problem.

Ron N6AHA


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Williams" <rick.williams at telus.net>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 9:27 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Observatons


> Grant up until this weekend I would have agreed with you.  In general the
> "hot-buttons" were small and did not really interrupt my operating style.
> Ten-Tec seemed to be picking them off quite well.
>
> However, this weekend my original Orion encountered the "keying-loop"
> problem.  (A problem that seems to be shared by both Orion platforms.)  I
> was worried I'd done some significant damage to my Hercules II.  The
> solution was re-cycle the Orion.  Later yesterday it occurred for a 3rd 
> time
> (3 times in 105 contest-type QSOs) and required a complete Master Reset.
>
> This issue is more than a hot button. It appears at random and stops my 
> ham
> radio activity!  This IS a serious issue and T-T needs to get on it 
> quickly.
> (Because to the intermittent nature of this problem it won't be easy!) 
> I've
> reported it to ditsnbits and encourage others to do the same.
>
> Like other original Orion owners, I'm now faced with a dilemma.  Do I keep
> running a flawed (I used to refer to it as stable - until this weekend)
> 2.xxx or do I abandon 2.xxx and return to the flakey 1.xxx.  For the time
> being I'm running 2.055 BUT, in an effort to protect my equipment, the #1
> Keying loop is off and I am not running the amplifier.
>
> Hopefully this problem will be resolved quickly and Ten-Tec can again 
> begin
> their attack on those "hot buttons".
>
> 73,
>
> Rick
> VE7TK
>
> Website:  http://www3.telus.net/ve7tk
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 10:32:22 -0600
> From: "Grant Youngman" <nq5t at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Observatons
>
> ------- snip ---------
>
> I think this is an interesting discussion, and am willing to bet T-T is
> reading the list, even though not actively engaging in it (which I find 
> not
> the least bit surprising).
>
> We each have a feature or two that are our "hot buttons" and pick on them
> endlessly.   Whether it's NR, or NB, or notch, or something else that
> doesn't seem to work as well as, or like, we were used to.  I have my own
> hot buttons on that list :-)
>
> --------- snip -------------
>
> Gant/NQ5T
>
>
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