[TenTec] V2.059d

[n4zz at bellsouth.net]

I also ran the whole contest weekend with v2.059d with no problems at all.

Don n4zz
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Chmielewski" <n2xd at bellsouth.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 6:00 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] V2.059d


>I ran the whole contest weekend with V2.059d with no problems at all.
>
>    John N2XD
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Fisher" <ka2cyn at arrl.net>
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 2:18 AM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] V2.059d
>
>
>>I ran rtty(afsk) on my Orion 565 a few weeks ago without any problem. I
>> tried to participate in this past weekend's rtty test (post V2.059d) and
>> was unable to tune any rtty transmissions. The only change made  here
>> between the 2 events was installation of the firmware upgrade. I talked
>> with TT today and they didn't think that the upgrade was the problem. I
>> would appreciate hearing of other's experiences (good or bad) running
>> this mode post V2.059d.
>> Dave - KA2CYN
>> .
>> Bill Ogden wrote:
>>
>>>FWIW: I installed V2.059d recently.  I noticed the same effects that many
>>>have already mentioned:
>>>
>>>- Audio output (to headphones) is much lower than with earlier releases.
>>>In
>>>some cases I might have both the audio and RF at maximum for weak CW.
>>>- Mic control and AUX input control needed to be raised considerably over
>>>the previous release. They seem to work OK, just need a different 
>>>setting.
>>>- The Noise Reduction function works MUCH BETTER for SSB.  (I never use 
>>>it
>>>for CW.)
>>>- Voice output (via the monitor function) sounds raspy, especially at
>>>speech processor settings higher than 2. I do not know if this raspyness
>>>is
>>>actually transmitted.
>>>- The speech processor produces more punch  (but maybe introduces the
>>>raspy
>>>sound).
>>>- There seems to be some "key click" type sounds added to strong CW
>>>signals.
>>>- I think general background noise is a little lower (or, at least, the
>>>audio rendition of background noise is lower). Conditions have not been
>>>great and I cannot tell if this is a general attribute of this release. 
>>>It
>>>does seem to make listening to 40/80 less tiring.
>>>- I usually work with reduced RF gains and AGC tweaking does not seem to
>>>make much difference.
>>>
>>>No master reset was needed.
>>>
>>>If you are still thinking about installing this release, do it!
>>>
>>>Bill - W2WO
>>>
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