[TenTec] Orion II Firmware Version V3.029--unresolved issue(s)

[chacuff]

I second that motion...

There are lots of things to love about the OII but the spectrum display is 
not one of them.  If you have never had a radio with that function if does 
add a bit of awareness but if you have used any of the Icom radio's with 
that same functionality you will realize how archaic it really is.  That 
said...I wouldn't trade my OII for an Icom with the exception of maybe the 
7800 and I would have to think long and hard about that....

There are times I turn it off and swear I hear a slight improvement in the 
DSP functionality...anyone else noticed that? I think they share DSP 
horsepower.

Cecil
K5DL
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Floyd Sense" <floyd at k8ac.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Cc: <jhenry at tentec.com>; "Mike Stricker" <info4mjs at yahoo.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 2:58 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion II Firmware Version V3.029--unresolved issue(s)


> Mike - I'm curious about just what you think isn't right about the
> spectrum display frequency.  I have 3.029 installed on my O2 and the
> display looks just as it should - LSB signals to the left of center, USB
> to the right, CW just about centered.  I guess I'm amazed that anyone
> would even use the O2 spectrum display, let alone try and make any
> frequency determinations from it.  While I love my O2, I must say that
> the spectrum display is on the other side of dreadful.  I might glance
> at it to see if there are any signals on the band at all, but even then
> I wouldn't make a decision based on what I saw.  Looking at the same
> apparently dead band using the IF output and an SDR-IQ usually reveals
> many weak signals.  I'd like to see Tentec not spend another millisecond
> on anything to do with this spectrum display implementation.  The
> resolution just isn't there and the delay between hearing and seeing a
> signal on the display makes it just about useless.
>
> 73, Floyd - K8AC
>
> On 4/28/2012 3:02 PM, Mike Stricker wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I was wondering if I am the only one who thinks there is at least one 
>> unresolved issue in this latest version of firmware.  I'm not talking 
>> about things that you'd like to see, but things that just aren't quite 
>> right yet.
>>
>> For me, the fact that the spectrum display peak does not line up with the 
>> actual frequency on LSB and CW modes is rather annoying.  I was hoping 
>> that if this is the only unresolved issue for V3.029, a quick update can 
>> be made and Ten Tec can begin to work on new features.
>>
>> Mike, WA1SEO
>>
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