[TenTec] Model 565...Need ORIGINAL 2nd rcvr STANDARD board.

[kc9cdt at aol.com]

Hi gang,Working with my good friend Richard on his Orion I.
We have an intermittent 2nd RX....have reseated everything...and it 
still is intermittent.
Thinking it might be the RX board.
So, that said, anyone have a 2nd RX board left over from a upgrade to 
the new 2nd RX from TT???? Buy or borrow?
Of course the issue might be something else?? But we would like to at 
least try a different board, before sending back to TT.

Thanks,
73,
Lee



-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Frenning [OZ1PIF] <peter at frenning.dk>
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec at contesting.com>
Cc: orion565 <orion565 at yahoogroups.com>; John Henry <jhenry at tentec.com>
Sent: Tue, Apr 10, 2012 5:03 pm
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Model 566 Orion II Firmware Version V3.029 posted


Den 10-04-2012 22:15, John Henry skrev:
> Just posted a firmware update for the Orion II Model 566 at the TenTec
> website.
>
> http://www.tentec.com/pages/Transceiver-Downloads.html
>
> Scroll down to the 566 section, and Ver3.029 is in the right column.
> Download it as usual to "install the installer".
>
> Changes include:
> Improve post-AGC clean-up filters to improve receive audio
>
> This build is a result of customer's input and it  improves / cleans 
the
> receive audio by incorporating a filter that cleaned
> up undesirable spikes/transients after the AGC code.  It was verified 
by
> the original customer, and by the beta team.
>
> If anyone has issues with this build, please let me know so that we 
can
> correct it or improve it.
>
> Thanks,
> John Henry, KI4JPL
> TenTec Engineering
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Oh, that arrived as called for - I have for some time been wondering
about the "cracklings" in the Rx audio, not being able to decide 
whether
it was a HW problem, an artifact introduced with the 3.036 FW, or
atmospheric conditions, now that has been explained and fixed in one go
- fix confirmed here!

The audio "bleed through" "problem" persists though, well the above was
much more important to have fixed - Thanks again John Henry and TT!
(And by the way, it's now again possible to update the radio through  a
Prolific USB-Serial adapter running from WinXP on a VirtualBox in 
Linux!
That was somehow broken with 3.026, but I never properly investigated
what was wrong)

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Vy 73 de OZ1PIF/5Q2M, Peter

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