[TenTec] My New Orion II . . .

[Richards]

Greetings Ten-Tec mavens and devotees:

I bought an Orion II and it arrived this weekend.  I am nearly finished 
remodeling the desk shelves and risers to accommodate its substantially 
larger footprint.  My young bride helped me build new shelves on the 
right side on an angle and we both think it will be a huge ergonomic and 
visual improvement.

I wonder:

	a)  	Is there any consensus as to which
		firmware version I should update
		to...   and if not, is there any
		concise list of which firmware
		versions are favored, understanding
		that some will work better in some
		versions than others, but that is
		sometimes good to know.

		Wild Idea No. 29873:

		Perhaps we could pool all comments on
		the different versions, and make a chart
		indicating which features are improved,
		and which are not, in each of the
		different versions.  That might make it
		easy to determine which versions are good
		for what purposes, and maybe make it easy
		to adopt different personalities, like one
		version may be better for digital modes,
		and another for SSB, because the NR and
		notch or the like might work better for
		in one version, than another.

		Or maybe this would be too confusing and
		subject to intractable debate with no
		consensus...  after all it IS a wild
		asked idea. . .


	b)   	Are there any quirks or foibles I might
		want to pay attention to... such as you
		cannot do X, if you set Y.   I seem to
		recall some useful feature was adversely
		affected when I engaged the spectrum scope.
		Like who knew ???


	c)   Do you guys have any preferred AGC settings
		that might be better than the default
		settings?   I primarily work SSB, but I
		will be moving to CW soon - I AM finally
		making some progress and practicing more
		regularly lately...


	d)   Are there any special notes, tips, or considerations
		that apply to this rig that might not apply
		to my other TT rigs, including the Omni VII
		and Jupiter?   I also  own the TT Centurion.

So... any help would be hugely appreciated.  I don't mind reading, so if 
there is a previous thread on a topic, you might just identify the issue 
and point me in the right direction, and I will do the homework.  Just 
knowing what to look for can often be enough help.

Happy trails.

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