[TenTec] [Orion] ORION II ANT 2 CONNECTOR XMIT (SWITCHING)

[John Nason / NA9U]

Harry, 

I use ant 2 all the time.  Ant 1 is a dipole, Ant 2 is
a vertical and I have it constantly set up this way. 
I do not experience anything like what you describe
below regardless of which antenna is transmitting.  

I am not sure what you are experiencing.  I have
firmware version 2.037j.  

Best of 73,
John NA9U
--- Harry van Enckevort
<Harry.van.Enckevort at tiscali.nl> wrote:

> Hello all,
> I have had an Orion II fer abt 6 months now which
> however is not yet in
> a final (contesting/DX) set up.
> Antenna  connector 2 has not been used yet fer
> diversity/normal
> operation es so far is not in use..
> Obviously I checked xmit on that connector when I
> got the rig on output
> in a dummy load/antenna which works normal.
>  
> Early this year though I COINCIDENTALLY  discovered
> that when changing
> ANY AUDIO  SETTING when TX on ANT 2 the rig first
> switches fer less than
> a second to ANT 1 es then transmits normally on ANT
> 2. (relay click is
> loud!)
> It happens regardless the changes on Left, Right,
> Spkr or BinRX es
> regardless the VFO (A or B).
> Fer less than a second there is (full) output on a
> dummy load/tuner
> meter connected to Ant 1 ! 
> The relay click is also present when TX is OFF
> 
> A "workaround" is when going to Ant 2 and for
> whatever reason  I wud
> change an Aud setting (DX > L/R Main<>Sub!!) when
> using that connector
> first activiate Ant 1 es then switch back to Ant 2
> fer transmitting. As
> long as the AUDIO settings are not changed I can
> switch between Ant 1 es
> Ant 2 as normal
> I am an experienced Orion user (using Orion 1 since
> sept 2003) es have
> been on this reflector since march 2003 but  cannot
> remember having seen
> this being reported before. .
> 
> And YES  I tried all Ant settings in the TX menu es
> YES I know there was
> a post from Carl Moreshi a couple of months ago
> which was relating to a
> relay fer Ant 1 es Ant 2 but NOT related to changes
> in AUDIO settings.
> (believe and correct me when necessary)
> Re loading prevous firmware version did not help.
> 
> 
> Anyone exprecienced this ?
> Any comments/suggestions ?
> 
> Harry
> PA3ARM at arrl.net
> Harry.van.Enckevort at tiscali.nl
> PA3ARM at veron.nl
> 
>  
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