[TenTec] Orion 565 AT Ver2.059

[Carl Moreschi]

I also find 2.059d to be the very best for the Orion.

Carl Moreschi N4PY
121 Little Bell Drive
Bell Mountain
Hays, North Carolina 28635

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Volpe" <kg6tt at arrl.net>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 1:25 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion 565 AT Ver2.059


> I am sorry, I simply don't get it. Once I fixed "my" problem with the
audio chain I have had absolutely no operating issues with version 2.059d.
In fact, it is the best performing Orion yet.
>
> If you are having issues I suggest you take a new approach and look to
what might be external to the transceiver and make sure that is all ok.
Remember, version 2.059d completely reconfigures sideband generation in the
Orion simplifying the up front filtering etc and by doing so obtaining more
processor and DSP availability for other functionality improvements. Now the
down side of this is that the input audio must really be pretty void of
stray 'rf'. Unbalancing the audio input (not good) and/or inadvertently
combining the PTT return line with the mic - return (really bad) is all you
have to do to make the reconfigured Orion's input and SSB generation
circuitry cranky. On the other hand, doing this right (not just buying stuff
and connecting it but actually  'verifying' that everything is as it should
be) solves so many version 2 issues. Now I obtain glowing, unsolicited,
audio reports. I use my speech processor... I use the Monitor function...
everything runs as designed.
>
> The sad part to all this is that I was one of those complaining types. I
was convinced that version 2.059d was broken. I complained... I turned in
bug reports... I was just about to toss the towel and go back to an
Omni-VI+. Then Paul told be for the I don't know how many times to make sure
my audio input was configured exactly as stated in the manual. I assumed it
was after all I had a new Heil Studio One microphone and a new Heil audio
cable. Well, I finally decided to take a more assertive approach and I took
all that apart and found a missing ground in the Studio One (not good) but
more importantly I found that the cable jack to the microphone and the
microphone plug were cross wired! Essentially the mic- from the microphone
was being connected to the shield of the cable and the shield of the
microphone was being connected to the mic- of the cable! Could be done worse
and still make noise. I fixed the ground and reversed those connections
within the mic cable inline jack
>  and all was happy.
>
> If you think you have issues with distorted audio, uncontrollable Speech
processing, distorted Monitor, irregular VOX functionality, etc... running
version 2.059d firmware look toward what you are connecting to that front
panel microphone connector. The problem may honestly be yours.
>
> 73,
> Jerry, KG6TT
> Fairfield, CA
>
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