[TenTec] New Orion 1 - 2.063Xg

[Billy Cox]

Lee ... please be sure and email the specifics to ditsbits as 
this IS a BETA, so can't hurt to ask and provide details again.

73 de Billy, AA4NU

-----Original Message-----
>From: wa3fiy at radioadv.com
>Sent: May 14, 2009 8:27 PM
>To: "John T. Fleming" <john at w3gqj.net>, Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec at contesting.com>
>Subject: Re: [TenTec] New Orion 1 - 2.063Xg
>
>Hi John and group.  I imagine John that you are aware of the little marker 
>that rides along the top of the sweep screen as you tune.  Since the sweep 
>stops during tuning, I can see how that would work pretty well to find a signal 
>or a quite spot but you have to be tuning to get there.  May not work so well 
>on traffic handling when you want to send someone up or down so many 
>Khz.   Hmmmm..............?
>
>Ten Tec did not fix my complaints which involve audio levels which are all 
>goofy compared to 1.373.   I have to have sidetone on 5 to balance with the 
>incoming audio.  Out of a range of 1 to 100, that yields very coarse setting.  
>Then, the spot level is way too high.  Turn down the spot level (using 
>sidetone control) and of course the sidetone is too low to be useful.   What a 
>bummer.   I would think TT could handle that little detail easily.   I also have 
>pretty low output level on the aux audio output.  Hardly enough to drive my 
>sound card.
>
>Well, I'll give it some time but it looks like I'll be going back to 1.373b5.  That 
>one is still the best I've found for my purposes.   At least I have some 
>options..........that's nice.    :-)
>
>73,
>
>-Lee-
>
>WA3FIY
>
>
>On 14 May 2009 at 16:52, John T. Fleming wrote:
>
>> I installed the new software and my one complaint has been repaired. If the
>> sub-receiver is on AM and the transceiver is operating in the SSB mode, once
>> the rig transmitted, the headphone audio disappeared. That is now fixed.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> The small marks at the bottom of the sweep are missing which to me and
>> traffic handling, it is going to take some adjustment to guess where there
>> is a quiet spot for passing traffic.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Thanks Ten-Tec for your work.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> John
>> 
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