[TenTec] Orion firmware (was Hamfest)

[Gene Story]

Hi Rick.  I am also running latest V3 firmware;.  Everything from my  
perspective is running perfectly and all of John Henry's V3.x work  
made my rig seem like  I just swapped a new rig on my desk.  Lov'in  
the SAF feature.  With the heavy QRM on the TEN-TEC net today, the  
filters in the Orion and the SAF feature with judicious control of RF  
Gain all combined to allow pleasant NET participation from up here in  
the Northwest.

I think Ray may be referring to some issues he or someone else is  
having that John Henry apparently indicated he would put into another  
revision someday.  Even if the issue is simple, it does not happen  
without a lot of time put in to make sure the result(s) do not come  
at the expense of some other function.   Given the amount of work to  
do on other projects, unfortunately even the simple tasks sometimes  
get pushed back.


Gene  /  K7TXO


On Sep 30, 2012, at 12:06 PM, Rick W wrote:

> Ray I'm not sure by what you mean by "long-promised".  The last  
> updates were a completely new firmware version 3.xxx.  This  
> firmware solved many problems and brought in many new features.   
> The latest version for the 565/566 is April 10, 2012.
>
> Many 565 owners were using Version 1.xxx firmware prior to this  
> release.  So 5 months without a firmware update is nothing!  I have  
> switched to 3.032 with my Orion 565 and love it!
>
> Is the latest version perfect.  The simple answer is "no" and by  
> definition firmware can always be tweaked or improved.  But I am  
> certain that Beta work is being done and it will be improved.  Hang  
> in there!
>
> 73,
> Rick
> VE7TK
>
>
> Website:  http://www.ve7tk.com
>
>
> To:tentec at contesting.com
> Subject:[TenTec] Hamfest
> From:Rsoifer at aol.com
> Reply-to:Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec at contesting.com>
> Date:Sun, 30 Sep 2012 13:46:32 -0400 (EDT)
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> Any word from TT on the long-promised firmware fixes for the  
> 565/566? 73 Ray W2RS
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