[TenTec] Orion II Firmware update...how soon?

[John]

Your right Doug I hardly ever work weak signal cw .  I know nothing of what 
you speak .  John Kb2huk
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Douglas Shock" <douglas.shock at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 9:28 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion II Firmware update...how soon?


> you obviously don't do weak signal cw work then or you would understand 
> what
> the issues are.
>
> I would agree with you John that the NR does work...but when dealing with
> huge signals to begin with.
>
> On 4/5/07, John <brazos at rochester.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>> I have to disagree with you I also had a Icom 746 and not only was the rx
>> audio poor but the noise reduction made everything worse .  I leave the
>> noise reduction on my Orion II on all the time and it never hurts the
>> signal
>> and most of the time it helps !  My major complaints are learning how to
>> use
>> the high and low cut with the pbt and bandwidth and those darn cheap
>> feeling
>> knobs ! ( vfo knobs not included )  I how ever can not fault the rx it is
>> by
>> far the best I have ever heard !   John kb2huk
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <k8jdc at sbcglobal.net>
>> To: <tentec at contesting.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 8:40 PM
>> Subject: [TenTec] Orion II Firmware update...how soon?
>>
>>
>> > Doug,
>> >
>> >      I've been an Orion owner since last fall and have made very few
>> posts
>> > to the list, but I'm going to agree with you on this count.  My 
>> > previous
>> > main rig was an Icom 746 and I never turned the NR off.  It really
>> worked
>> > great.  On my Orion, I never turn it on (using either V1 or V2
>> software).
>> > I've experimented with lots of settings, but I've never found the NR to
>> > perform up to my expectations.  So, it stays off.
>> >
>> >      I also have to say I'm very surprised that there hasn't been a
>> single
>> > software release for the Orion in the 6 months that I've owned mine.  I
>> > understand that the Omni VII has been the priority for TT, but I think
>> > some
>> > of the problems with 2.059 could be fixed with an interim release 
>> > inside
>> > of
>> > 6 months instead of waiting for a major software release this far down
>> the
>> > road.
>> >
>> >     It's a great radio and I'm happy to support Tentec, but I also hope
>> to
>> > see things improve sooner rather than later.
>> >
>> > Dave
>> > K8JDC
>> >
>> >>Grant, the NR on my 1000mp smokes the Orion II in every sense. The NR 
>> >>on
>> >>my
>> >>TS-2000 smokes the NR on the Orion II again in every sense. The bottom
>> >>line
>> >>is I don't care how tentec does it...but at least make it work i.e.
>> >>enhance
>> >>the signal by removing the noise around it. This issue as with many
>> others
>> >>has been going on way too long. I really enjoy the Orion II and it's
>> >>abilities. However, I am really getting tired of being ignored on what
>> >>appears to be a very common concern and that is attention from TenTec 
>> >>on
>> >>the
>> >>known issues with the Orion. I am glad for the Omni success, now make
>> the
>> >>Orion owners a bit less regretful.
>> >
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