[TenTec] Orion 2 Firmware 2.043B Released

[Gary Hoffman]

Excellent !  New Release.  Beta Tested.  Explained here in some detail.

Probably more to come.

Thanks John Henry.

73 de Gary, AA2IZ



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Henry, John" <jhenry at tentec.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 10:19 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Orion 2 Firmware 2.043B Released


> Based on customer inputs we have just released new Orion 2 Firmware.
> Version 2.043B. Extensive testing was done with several beta testers
> to ensure that this release is valuable and reliable. Many problems
> were resolved, and some features were re-written. So there may be
> instances where some features don't operate or perform exactly as you
> are use to in the previous released firmware. For example, the Noise
> Reduction algorithm has been redone. Under some conditions, a NR level
> of 1 may produce what appears to be pops in the audio. This is
> actually still some of the noise getting through. But as you increase
> the aggressiveness of the NR, the pops will go away and so will the
> noise floor. Different types of noise and different signal strengths
> of the recovered audio will warrant different aggressiveness levels.
> Thank you for your patience, and as always comments are welcome, just
> send an email to ditsnbits at tentec.com.
> 
> Thanks
> John Henry, KI4JPL
> TenTec Engineering
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