One of my little gripes about the Orion controls is the proportionality
and scaling of some of them.
You shouldn't have to run at 2% for VOX. The next steps are 1% or 3%,
which is pretty coarse resolution!.
The one that really bugs me is trying to set the AGC threshold to
minimum value, 0.37 uv. (The setting now recommended.) You have to
turn and turn and turn that encoder! If you accidentally push the
encoder button, it goes back to 3.03 uv, and you get to start all over
again...
Using software, it's one click, once you write the code. An alternative
would be to rig an adapter to work with my electric screwdriver...
73, Martin AA6E
--- Jim McDonald <jim@n7us.net> wrote:
> Again, not surprisingly, operator error. This time I have a better
> excuse.
> Paul Clinton of T-T explained that the VOX setting isn't sensitivity,
> it's
> trip level, which is what the menu says.
>
> So I should be starting at 100% and reducing it till it trips, of
> course.
> For my HC-4 2% works.
>
> I'm a happy camper and very pleased with the response from Paul.
>
> Jim N7US
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: orion-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:orion-bounces@contesting.com] On
> Behalf Of Jim McDonald
> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 6:56 AM
> To: orion@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [Orion] Orion VOX & PTT problems
>
>
> One of my two problems is, not surprisingly, operator error. My
> footswitch
> was intermittent, so pin 3 of the aux jack works fine.
>
> Still can't get VOX to work, trying a complete range of VOX
> sensitivity
> settings.
>
> Jim N7US
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: orion-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:orion-bounces@contesting.com] On
> Behalf Of Jim McDonald
> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 10:56 PM
> To: orion@contesting.com
> Subject: [Orion] Orion VOX & PTT problems
>
>
> I connected my Heil Pro-Set OK, connecting the shield to pin 2 of the
> mic
> connector and left the shell floating. It sounds OK on the monitor
> using
> PTT connected to the CW jack on the from panel, with the appropriate
> menu
> setting to use that jack as PTT on SSB. The MIC level and speech
> processor
> seem to work fine.
>
> However, I can't get the VOX to work. Yes, I have VOX turned on using
> the
> front-panel button. I turned off antivox and am using headphones. I
> tried
> varying the VOX sensitivity to no avail.
>
> I can't get pin 3 on the DIN aux jack using the black phono jack on
> the
> provided cable to work either, either as PTT on CW (menu set to MOX)
> or with
> SSB. I am trying it with a footswitch that works OK when connected
> to the
> front-panel CW jack, as I mentioned.
>
> Am I missing something? Thanks.
>
> Jim N7US
>
>
>
>
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