[TenTec] Any update on a replacement for the Orion II?

[Ron Notarius W3WN]

Well Wade, while you're on the subject...

As some of you know, I recently sent my Argonaut 505 to a new home.  It was
not a decision I made lightly, but the opportunity to pick up an Omni VII
was just too good, and some units just had to go.

KJ6BSO got the unit a few weeks back, and has been making a lot of QSOs with
it, and giving it a real workout.

Since it was you, Wade, who had the time and the skills to replace those bad
transistors in the audio board & bring the rig back up to snuff, he has
asked me to publicly thank you for a great repair job.

And thanks, again, to John Henry, who went out of her way to pass on to me
the "bench tests" from the previous owner, when he'd sent it in for service.
John could just as easily told me "we don't do that" or "we don't keep that
information".  He didn't.  He got me the info from the tech that told Wade
exactly what needed to be fixed, even though they don't have those parts in
stock in TN any longer.

And the irony of the whole situation... the person I got the 505 from turned
out to be the very same person I just got the Omni VII from.  Go figure.

73, ron w3wn

-----Original Message-----
From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Wade Staggs
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2014 10:15 PM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Any update on a replacement for the Orion II?

John Henry, Thanks for all of your fine work. I am stuck with the Fixed
Income Curse but, do get to play with the Newer Ten Tec gear sometimes. And
do I really enjoy that, when it happens. The Paragon still hears stations
that the others with KenYaeCom  rigs can't so!.... no problems here. And we
are so looking forward to owning an Orion or Omni-VII in 10 years or so.
Also, a quick High Five to Paul Clinton. Ten Tec's Service Department, with
Free Tech Advice, has kept us going so far. I have tried to get Technical
Advice from other brands and it just don't happen.

                                                                   73
Wade/KJ4WS


On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 7:48 AM, John Henry <jhenry at tentec.com> wrote:

> Regarding control interfaces.
> Everything TEN-TEC makes from this point on will follow either the Orion
II
> or the OMNI-VII protocol.
> There are minute differences between the Eagle and the Orion protocols.
For
> instance, the version query, the Eagle returns text to say it is an Eagle
> 599, the Orion returns 565 or 566. So, yes, the control programs need to
> change IF they look for the version name. And when necessary, there may be
> other minor changes from rig to rig. e.g. the Eagle does not respond to
> second receiver Orion commands. It doesn't have one.
> Every attempt is being made to keep them all always on those two protcol
> paths, so, hopefully, unless the control program asks "who are you?" with
> the ?V command, it should work pretty much using the Orion command set
(for
> the Eagle/ArgoVI), or the Jupiter command set (for the OMNI-VII).
> Sorry for the two branches of commands, but we are where we are and those
> were brought out different many many years before my control.
> I guess OMNI-RIG should get an update, but I don't know who will do that
> for TEN-TEC. I have do have a bone to pick though, another company gets
> several volunteers to update those for them. Wonder why...... We do all we
> can with our hands as full as they are. This omni-rig request has been on
> the reflectors for quite some time. For the Eagle, and other TEN-TEC rigs.
> I'm very busy working on a hardware enhancement for one of our current
> production rigs, and a software update for the OMNI-VII, new rig
> development, etc.  We be very very busy in house.
> Orion II replacement? Someday, but not right away, that takes time.
>
> Thanks, and 73,
> John Henry, KI4JPL
> TEN-TEC Engineering
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