[TenTec] Orion Ergonomics, Key Clicks, etc.

[Barry N1EU]

On 3/8/07, Bill Tippett <btippett at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>
>
> N4PY:
>  >Or when I change bands everything gets restored to the
> last values I had on that band even things like power output settings,
> antenna settings, attenuators, preamps, and so on.
>
>          Other rigs do much of this...the Elecraft K2 does
> the above excluding power if I recall correctly.  TT could
> easily do the same if they paid just a little more attention
> to ergonomics.  Unfortunately they either do not care or
> simply don't understand.  Nearly 4 years after introduction
> Orion still does not even identify which of the 4 band stack
> registers is selected.  I even think I could write firmware
> to do that.

I resoundingly agree with the ergonomics sentiments (regrets) of the
Orion.  It is SOOO frustrating to change bands and have some utterly
absurd settings get restored from "who knows where".  This is
compounded if you use the subreceiver, which typically gets set to a
different mode than the main receiver, leaving you with innumerable
key presses before you can operate.  ARGHHHH

I won't even think of using the band stack registers any more.  I
change bands by manually entering a new frequency.  I change modes via
"USER1" and "USER2".

73,
Barry N1EU