[TenTec] Orion 2 Firmware 2.043B Released

[John Molenda]

I gave my Orion II another work out last night and agree the Noise Reduction 
needs more work the Popping drives me nuts .  John kb2huk
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Harry G McGavran Jr" <w5pny at w5pny.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 11:36 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion 2 Firmware 2.043B Released


>
> For me, there are two problems with 2.043B, one affects me
> in only a minor way, the other is a major nuisance.
>
> I live in a rural area where I rarely need NB or NR, so the
> minor nuisance is the way NR works now.  The popping does
> get worse with higher atmospheric noise levels, but with the
> NR off it's not a problem.  I've never had enough man-made
> noise to warrant running the NR very high.
>
> The interesting thing is though, that the side-tone is
> subject to the same popping even with NR off, if the
> side-tone level is set higher than 30.  What's really
> interesting is that I can set the side-tone level higher and
> not get the popping IF the atmospheric noise is LOWER.  With
> really low background noise I can run the level up to almost
> 35 and not get any popping.  If I run it up to 50 or more
> the side tone sounds absolutely horrible for all the
> noise/popping generated with it.  This sounds like the same
> stuff you get with NR set to low levels, but the side-tone
> popping happens whether NR is on or off.
>
> The side-tone issue is the only one I've found that would
> send me back to 2.039d, but it seems to be ok if I keep the
> side-tone level at 30 or less.  That's really annoying as
> the side-tone is a bit soft at that level -- but I think
> I'll stick with 2.043B as I can manage this way until the
> side-tone level issue get's fixed and I don't rely on NR
> very often at all.
>
> Other things look fine so far -- I've managed to try to
> exercise all the things I usually do and haven't noticed
> anything else is a problem.  Something else may crop up, but
> if not, I'll stick with this release until the next one.
>
> I'm really happy to see the 10khz frequency offset markers
> on the sweep.  Their absence in the previous releases after
> 2.039d were greatly missed!
>
> 73 --
>           Harry, W5PNY
>
>
>
> -- 
>
> Harry G. McGavran, Jr.
>
> E-mail: w5pny at arrl.net
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