The Orion Programmer's Reference Guide rev 1.2 p 34 gives the info on how to send CW from the serial port using the "/" command. Use any method you like to generate the commands - your favorite progr
The simplest definition of an SDR is a radio where the signal modulation and detection are done in a programmable digital processor. Other digital filtering, mixing, and AGC are common in an SDR, but
Ken, I stand corrected, but I point out that the first source for dttsp that Google finds is dttsp.sourceforge.net, and that page only points to a 2005 CVS directory. Sourceforge is probably the larg
Each to his own, but the difference is mainly packaging. Packaging is important. It's really useful to have your radio in one box that can be carried around without a keyboard, mouse, monitor, and PC
John, I used my TS-520S from the 1970s straight through to ~ 3 years ago, when I got my Orion. The Kenwood is still working fine after 30 years. I think you hit on a problem with essentially all curr
Author: Martin Ewing - AA6E <aa6e@ewing.homedns.org>
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:54:19 -0500
Bernie, From what I've read and heard, "plasma" TVs have a lot more potential for RFI generation than LCD and projection types. I.e., they switch higher currents at RF rates. On the other hand, the p
Author: Martin Ewing - AA6E <aa6e@ewing.homedns.org>
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:14:07 -0500
For me, the right choice was to use the soundcard approach. There are quite a few good software packages that give you a choice of many digital modes, in addition to RTTY. Why tie yourself down to th
Author: Martin Ewing - AA6E <aa6e@ewing.homedns.org>
Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:31:31 -0500
At last, an answer to the question, "How are Ten-Tec radios like peanut butter?" 73 Martin AA6E _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.
Author: Martin Ewing - AA6E <aa6e@ewing.homedns.org>
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:12:01 -0500
It may go against ham culture, but I suggested (long ago) that TT should sell a support contract for Orion firmware (and maybe hardware). That would help keep the development wheels turning. To me, i
Author: Martin Ewing - AA6E <aa6e@ewing.homedns.org>
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:50:19 -0500
Orion I's most recent update v. 2.062a was released 5/24/07. That is about the same time as v. 2.039d for the Orion II. 73 Martin AA6E _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing l
Author: Martin Ewing - AA6E <aa6e@ewing.homedns.org>
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 09:14:04 -0500
Embarrassing! (I re-read the original post after hitting 'send'.) The only point here is that it's been ~7 months since we've had any Orion firmware improvements (as we hope) from TT, but that up to
Author: Martin Ewing - AA6E <aa6e@ewing.homedns.org>
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 23:46:16 -0500
It's good we don't have too many firmware releases (like the early days). Better no new releases than buggy untested releases. Like a lot of folks, I've got a list of problems that are probably firmw
Author: Martin Ewing AA6E <aa6e@ewing.homedns.org>
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:32:45 -0500
It's not surprising you see coupling between Ant 1 and Ant 2 ports, at a low level. It's not quite "fair" to test levels on an unterminated antenna port. Better to connect an unused port to a 50 ohm
Author: Martin Ewing AA6E <aa6e@ewing.homedns.org>
Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:17:12 -0500
T10 bit for zillion of $25 or so , else. Careful with the power driver! It's pretty easy to strip the threads. I wish TT had come up with a better fastener scheme for those of us who open the case o
Author: Martin Ewing AA6E <aa6e@ewing.homedns.org>
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:00:50 -0500
I recall some suggestion that we (users) should collect and publish a list of current Orion bugs and firmware versions. I can only find a list of bugs supposedly fixed in various firmware releases. I
Author: Martin Ewing AA6E <aa6e@ewing.homedns.org>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:00:25 -0400
Put me down as one Orion owner who would pay a reasonable amount for a maintenance contract that would cover hardware repairs and/or firmware updates. As someone involved in software development, I m
Author: Martin Ewing AA6E <aa6e@ewing.homedns.org>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:21:50 -0400
Perry & Rick, I suppose "requirements -- specifications -- coding -- testing -- release" would be a good model for software. This methodology works nicely with simpler non-SDR rigs. The firmware of
Author: Martin Ewing AA6E <aa6e@ewing.homedns.org>
Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 20:27:51 -0400
Rob / Jim, You could check my blog entries at http://blog.aa6e.net/2005/08/orion-frequency-calibration.html and http://blog.aa6e.net/2005/11/orion-recalibrated.html . The TCXO can be tweaked with dif
Author: Martin Ewing AA6E <aa6e@ewing.homedns.org>
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:20:40 -0400
This discussion is fascinating. I hope it leads to a definitive fix. My Orion gets into the stuck RIT mode fairly often, but I (almost?) always find that it goes away if I grasp the RIT encoder knob