[TenTec] NEW Orion II/2.041XL Bug? Red Scan WithVerticalLinePatterns

Jim M. jmiller1706 at cfl.rr.com
Sun Mar 8 18:47:44 PDT 2009


Oops, an error in the link,  Here it is:

<http://s685.photobucket.com/albums/vv219/N4BE/?action=view&current=DSC00426
-1.jpg>



-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
On Behalf Of Jim M.
Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 9:41 PM
To: 'Ron Castro'; 'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'
Subject: Re: [TenTec] NEW Orion II/2.041XL Bug? Red Scan
WithVerticalLinePatterns

Well, after a week or so of use, that's the first time I've seen that
particular manifestation of the red screen.  What I usually see is the white
trace erasing completely, leaving just the red trace for one sweep.  I
managed to catch it in the act here:

http://s685.photobucket.com/albums/vv219/N4BE/?action=view&current=DSC00426-
1.jpg 

That's what I thought we were talking about.  But I now see it's much worse.

Hope the bug men are hard at work at TT.  Hope these pics help.
Jim N4BE

-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
On Behalf Of Ron Castro
Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 6:56 PM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] NEW Orion II/2.041XL Bug? Red Scan With
VerticalLinePatterns

Jim:  That's exactly what I am seeing and what I believe has been described 
by others.  The 'spectrum trace' red (which is a peak-hold trace) is all 
you're supposed to see and is one of the improvements over the previous 
versions.

         Ron   N6IE
      www.N6IE.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim M." <jmiller1706 at cfl.rr.com>
To: "'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 2:54 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] NEW Orion II/2.041XL Bug? Red Scan With Vertical 
LinePatterns


> The radio had been running on Rx for a few hours, 20 and 80 meters.  The 
> 80m
> band was dead, mostly just local line noise.
>
> I am now getting the normal white spectrum, but now behind it the entire
> scan screen (up to the blue marker, is filled with red, first solid red,
> then alternating red/black that starts at the top and walks downward, then
> solid red again.  Occasionally the white spectrum trace will wipe itself
> away from right to left.  Is this what you folks are seeing, or is this 
> new?
> By turning sweep off and on again it began working correctly.
>
> Previously I had only seen this as a brief red spectrum trace (the white
> trace disappears for a half second or so), and I thought this was what you
> were seeing.  Just before this new phenomenon started, I was tuning and
> happened to catch the spectrum in a "red only" trace...and it froze in all
> red color as long as I would turn the tuning knob.
>
> I took some photos at:  http://s685.photobucket.com/albums/vv219/N4BE/
>
> Jim N4BE
>
>
>
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