[TenTec] Original Orion Firmware

[WB2RHM - Ben Antanaitis]

JH,

I am running firmware version 2.062a in my mdl 565 w/V2 fix and new 
'blue screen' display.

I am using 2.062a because it allows me to 'zoom-in'/'zoom-out' the 
bandwidth coverage of the spectrum sweep.  I do a lot of RTTY 
contesting, and 2.062a and earlier firmware versions allowed me to 
see the individual signals in the crowded data segments. The newer 
sweep design just has a total loss of definition of the individual 
RTTY stations +/-72KHz sweep on a small screen.

1) In the new firmware version, please allow for zoom-in and zoom-out 
of the sweep display frequency resolution.

2) When a frequency on a new band is loaded into either VFO A or B 
from a 'saved' User Memory, (RECALL)(M>VFO) the Band Data information 
available (presented) at the backpanel Band Decoder connector is NOT 
UPDATED to reflect the new band until the frequency of the VFO is 
'changed' away from the newly transferred/loaded value by either 
moving the VFO knob or via a software frequency change command.

I found this out the hard way, by having my amp finals 'cooked' by 
not being  automatically set to the correct band after having loaded 
(RECALL)(M>VFO) a 'saved' frequency, due to this bug in the v2.062a firmware.

I'll be happy to test this one out for you.

73,

Ben Antanaitis - WB2RHM





>Message: 2
>Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:22:49 -0400
>From: "Henry, John" <jhenry at tentec.com>
>Subject: [TenTec] Original Orion Firmware
>To: tentec at contesting.com
>
>Hi,
>
>As many of you know, and we have already announced, we are in the
>process of improving the Original Orion firmware.
>In that regard, I would like to get some more inputs and information.
>
>What firmware version do you use now?
>Why do you use that version over another?
>I'm mainly looking for answers such as ... v x.xxx works NR better in
>yyy conditions.
>Thank you,
>John Henry
>TenTec Engineering
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