[TenTec] New Orion, old problem? Questions from a new owner.

[Martin Sole]

Thanks Ron,

I see the firmware on that site but only 1.373b5 none of the earlier 
beta versions shown.

Regards
Martin, HS0ZED


Ron Castro wrote:
> Martin:  Here is a link that I used to upgrade a 565 to 1.373b3
> 
> http://www.n5na.net/orion/index.html
> 
> I used 1.373b3 at Field Day this year and had no failure problems in 24 
> hours of heavy use.  I was very impressed with how smooth the original Orion 
> ran and how well it performed with that firmware version.
> 
>          Ron  N6IE
>       www.N6IE.com
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Martin Sole" <msole at loxinfo.co.th>
> To: <TenTec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2008 6:14 PM
> Subject: [TenTec] New Orion, old problem? Questions from a new owner.
> 
> 
>> I have just bought an Orion 565AT. The radio has 1.373b5 software and
>> suffers from the DSP T/O problem whenever the sweep is running. Usually
>> after a few minutes or so of operation and then touching the PBT/BW 
>> control.
>>
>> Looking at the TenTec website on the page at
>>
>> http://radio.tentec.com/downloads/transceivers/565
>>
>> I can see a download for 1.372 but nothing after that. Where is 1.373b5
>> that I have in my radio?
>>
>> Should I contemplate an upgrade to V2.xxx? I see the version on the
>> website is 2.062a. Is that the current version?
>>
>> Many thanks
>>
>> Martin, HS0ZED
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