[TenTec] Orion Aux Audio output (explained)

[rurie at cox.net]

> Glad to see that this did not damage the radio.  I almost did the same thing this weekend when putting the station back together.  A friend once plugged an amplifier DIN plug into a transverter jack on a TS-930 and blew every PIN diode in the front end.  

Robb, N0RU

> From: K4IA at aol.com
> Date: 2006/03/28 Tue AM 12:02:46 EST
> To: tentec at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion Aux Audio output (explained)
> 
> Red faced and embarrassed, I am compelled to exhibit the depth of my  
> ignorance so that others may benefit from my folly:
>  
> It seems I had the cables plugged into the Remote Encoder jack instead of  
> the AUX I/O jack.  Little did I know one size fits all and how can you tell  
> when you are reaching behind a radio just praying you can get the plug aligned  
> so it will fit in?  I may put a piece of tape over the Remote jack just to  be 
> sure this doesn't happen again.
>  
> The reason the receive audio varied with the volume control was that my  
> microphone was on top of the speaker and picking up the audio coming out of the  
> speaker and that was what was fed to my computer and displayed on the  screen.  
> If I turned up the volume, the speaker was louder and the mic  picked up more 
> audio.  
>  
> Even with the cable plugged in the wrong jack I was able to record and  
> playback wave files because the Microkeyer was sending the audio to the right  
> places (Mic to computer / computer to mic).
>  
> I have reloaded 2.056 and verified that the Aux I/O is still a fixed  level.  
> I think I need to go to bed before I do something else dumb.
>  
> 
> K4ia  "Buck"
> Fredericksburg, Virginia USA
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