[TenTec] Orion RIT/XIT

[Art]

Thanks to the amateurs responding on this, all of which are reproduced 
below, but just once! I see my O1 is not unique.

To John WB4QDA: Try this. Turn on rit. adjust it up a few kc. Turn on 
xit. Adjust it a couple kc. Now look at rit, it will be another {xit 
offset} up the band. RIT and XIT will forever maintain whatever split 
you have dialed in until you do something to correct what I will call 
"the error".

To Merle W0EWM: My ritxit appear to work correctly, except the encoder 
momentary push to zero has to be pushed hard and just right. My message 
had to do with the usability of the current, operating correctly, setup 
which I believe is not very usable.

To Duane AC5AA: No question. RIT stays fixed, XIT adjusts to match 
current RIT. The reverse, seems to me, would be worse than it is now. 
The utility of ritxit is to find a good transmit freq, then set the 
transmitter there. Ritxit always in sync would be superior to the 
current setup.

To Sinisa YT1NT: I can see some utility in separately adjustable ritxit, 
but no sense at all in no ability to make xit equal rit.

Thanks again to all!
73 Art



tentec-request at contesting.com wrote:
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> Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 09:53:38 -0700 (PDT)
> From: John Sheeley <wb4qda at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion RIT/XIT
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec at contesting.com>
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> Art
>  On my Orion II when I turn on both Rit and XIT. ,Both buttons lighted  ,  . the RIT-XIT sink-up.
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> John WB4QDA
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 11:31:14 -0500
> From: "Merle Bone" <merlebone at charter.net>
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion 1, No RIT, XIT
> To: <tentec at contesting.com>
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> I also had problems with the RIT/XIT control. It had problems from the time the Orion was new. In the early days I was told to pull hard on the control - that helped a little. Later I called Ten-Tec and was told some "logging programs" caused a problem with the control. That was not my problem.
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> I recently took the Orion to Ten-Tec when I went to the Hamfest. The first request on the Service Letter was: "Replace the RIT/XIT optical encoder - Does not work." I also had all of the boards updated, had the V2 mod installed and had the alignment checked. When I received the Orion this week the Service Invoice said there were 10 board upgrades done and the alignment was checked. It also said there was "No problem found with the RIT encoder." It certainly works fine since it was returned - it has never worked this easily since the Orion was new. I can only hope that "the change" is permanent. With so many people reporting issues with this control over the past year or two, I am inclined to believe there is an issue with the control/function (Maybe a wave solder issue on some of the boards). I really don't like "electronic mysteries."
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> One thing that I learned at the Ten-Tec open-house is that Ten-Tec is bringing out a new board for the Orion II and the OMNI VII that is a high performance - real-time - bandscope add-on. Apparently there is a "connector built into both the Orion II and the OMNI VII. I did not hear anyone indicate it would be available in the Orion.
> 73, Merle - W0EWM 
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> Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 21:51:57 -0500
> From: "Duane Calvin" <ac5aa1 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion RIT/XIT
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> On my Orion 1, 2.056 firmware, when RIT and XIT are both turned on (when
> both are different) just lets the one control move both of them relative to
> their starting position.   If they are offset from each other, they remain
> at that same offset while the frequency of both moves.  Nothing other than
> resetting both of them causes them to have the identical offset.  I would
> also welcome a quick button push to sync one to the other (and now we can
> argue about which moves and which stays!)
>
> 	73, Duane
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> Duane Calvin, AC5AA
> Austin, Texas
> www.ac5aa.com  
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> Message: 4
> Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 03:43:46 -0400
> From: Sinisa Hristov <shristov at ptt.yu>
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion RIT/XIT
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> Having separate offset values for RIT and XIT
> is an example of useless generality.
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> It will suffice to have a single offset value
> used by both RIT and XIT, just like with
> any other radio.
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>
> 73,
>
> Sinisa  YT1NT, VE3EA
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