- 1. [TenTec] Orion II tuning questions (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>
- Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 16:34:17 -0800
- I recently ordered an Orion II after carefully researching all of the comments and information I could find on the Internet, both good and bad. After reading some posts that were critical of "jumpy"
- /archives//html/TenTec/2006-01/msg00876.html (7,800 bytes)
- 2. [TenTec] Orion II tuning questions (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 09:07:55 -0800
- Lee: I think we will both be getting our O II's at the about the same time. The sales department told me last week that the next production run will start shipping mid February. That's just 2.5 weeks
- /archives//html/TenTec/2006-01/msg00922.html (10,069 bytes)
- 3. [TenTec] Orion II Tuning Question (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 15:33:43 -0800
- Actually, the tuning process sounds quite a bit more complicated than that. If I read the paper by Ten Tec's CTO and the article by Doug Smith on the Ten Tec Orion web page right, the LO tunes only i
- /archives//html/TenTec/2006-01/msg00923.html (9,518 bytes)
- 4. [TenTec] It's on the way! (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>
- Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 13:29:49 -0800
- I snapped up the demo Orion II that Scott Robbins mentioned in his post this afternoon! Should be shipped Monday.... Can't wait! Ron N6AHA _______________________________________________ TenTec maili
- /archives//html/TenTec/2006-01/msg00943.html (6,914 bytes)
- 5. [TenTec] It's on the Way! (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>
- Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 09:42:46 -0800
- It does make you wonder who / why the rig was rejected. _______________________________________________ Scott at the factory said that the guy just "couldn't figure out how to make it work"!As always
- /archives//html/TenTec/2006-01/msg00978.html (8,767 bytes)
- 6. Re: [TenTec] Orion II Reviews? (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>
- Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 20:45:29 -0800
- My Orion II arrived from the factory just yesterday, and I'm still getting to know the rig. So far, it's excellent. The receiver sounds amazing, and I have had no trouble learning how to adjust the A
- /archives//html/TenTec/2006-02/msg00085.html (10,658 bytes)
- 7. Re: [TenTec] Orion II Reviews?-Follow up (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>
- Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 12:17:07 -0800
- Because I use it. Ron Castro Chief Technical Officer Results Radio, LLC _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/l
- /archives//html/TenTec/2006-02/msg00146.html (11,667 bytes)
- 8. Re: [TenTec] Orion II Reviews?-Follow up (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>
- Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2006 18:04:06 -0800
- Indeed the Mon function works fine on the O2, although as some have pointed out, it's not very loud. Perhaps with higher impedance headphones it might sound louder. I have been using the external spe
- /archives//html/TenTec/2006-02/msg00194.html (11,158 bytes)
- 9. Re: [TenTec] Orion II vs Orion (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>
- Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2006 18:24:38 -0800
- Duane: I noticed most of what you did, although I have never played with an "original" Orion. I alerted Ten Tec to the sound in the headphones on CW last week, and they are looking into it. I also no
- /archives//html/TenTec/2006-02/msg00196.html (12,045 bytes)
- 10. Re: [TenTec] Orion firmware statistics and drift info (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>
- Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 16:42:50 -0800
- Martin: Thanks for posting that information. I have uploaded the new version, and AM works fine now, with 100% power equaling 40 carrier as measured with a Bird 43 and dummy load. I also checked the
- /archives//html/TenTec/2006-02/msg00242.html (10,011 bytes)
- 11. [TenTec] Adjustment on Orion (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>
- Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 22:52:56 -0800
- I noticed an adjustment pot that is accessible through a small hole in the bottom side of the Orion II, roughly under the S-meter. Does anybody know what it's for? Ron N6AHA _________________________
- /archives//html/TenTec/2006-02/msg00255.html (6,533 bytes)
- 12. Re: [TenTec] S-meter and RF Gain (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>
- Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 15:06:41 -0800
- I like it the way it is since setting the AGC shows you visually where the threshold has been set, and as you point out Carl, that accuracy of the reading is not changed by the RF gain setting for si
- /archives//html/TenTec/2006-02/msg00303.html (14,959 bytes)
- 13. Re: [TenTec] Orion II delivered (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>
- Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 09:24:28 -0800
- That's how I had my O2 sent, DHL, 2nd day. No problems, no dings, my XYL signed for it while I was at work. The thing I like about UPS and FedEx is that you can track your shipment stage-by-stage of
- /archives//html/TenTec/2006-02/msg00331.html (11,984 bytes)
- 14. Re: [TenTec] Ten Tec User Net Activity (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>
- Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 09:47:51 -0800
- Isn't there a net Sunday afternoon on 20? Ron Castro Chief Technical Officer Results Radio, LLC _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.
- /archives//html/TenTec/2006-02/msg00364.html (8,886 bytes)
- 15. Re: [TenTec] ORION (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>
- Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 12:46:10 -0800
- I've been really enjoying my O2, especially today when I worked country number 323 for me, Gibraltar on 17 CW. I never worked much CW before I bought this rig, probably because I never used a really
- /archives//html/TenTec/2006-02/msg00445.html (11,481 bytes)
- 16. Re: [TenTec] V2.0 for the original Orion (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>
- Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 21:26:45 -0800
- Mark: Have you ever checked the original Orion's frequency response? I checked the O2 and it's pretty good, although not quite what the specs implied. I found that the response at 50 Hz with the TX E
- /archives//html/TenTec/2006-02/msg00538.html (10,057 bytes)
- 17. Re: [TenTec] LDG tuner install/first impressions (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>
- Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 21:39:45 -0800
- Is it possible that the LDG is using its own internal SWR bridge and that might not be in agreement with the TT? IOW the LDG 'thinks' it has nearly a 1:1 match, but the TT is showing something differ
- /archives//html/TenTec/2006-02/msg00539.html (13,108 bytes)
- 18. Re: [TenTec] Orion II RTTY Problem (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>
- Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 21:42:42 -0800
- Hmmm...I listened around in the RTTY contest this past weekend and didn't notice anything like that on my O2. I wasn't looking at the frequencies or PBT settings though. I just tuned for the best loo
- /archives//html/TenTec/2006-02/msg00540.html (8,974 bytes)
- 19. Re: [TenTec] Orion II RTTY Problem (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>
- Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 08:41:43 -0800
- That's the problem! I was listening in LSB, not RTTY mode, which the recommended method for using MMTTY. An advantage of using AFSK is that you can "point and shoot" at any signal you see in your pas
- /archives//html/TenTec/2006-02/msg00566.html (11,361 bytes)
- 20. Re: [TenTec] Orion II - Observations and Quirks (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>
- Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 09:04:52 -0800
- I had a minor RF problem too, and traced it to the headphone input and the CW key paddles. I wrapped a few turns of headphone cable on a ferrite loop, and used a small snap-on ferrite on the paddle i
- /archives//html/TenTec/2006-02/msg00567.html (11,055 bytes)
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