Eric, the tuning rate on the Jupiter is adjustable from 1 Hz (where one spin
of the dial takes you about 120 Hz from the frequency and the last 2 numbers
are a blur while spinning the knob) to 100K (about 12,000,000 Hz per turn
but only the first three numbers change. N4PY's software allows some more
control (Ten-Tec doesn't allow you 50 Hz or 500 Hz, for example, but Carl
does) in addition to the standard tuning rates. Look at it this way: you
always *were* tuning so fast that you couldn't read the least significant
digits, but in the old analog days, you were happy to be about on
frequency -- now you're ticked if it's off from WWV even a smidge! (Am I
revealing too much of myself here?)
The Jupiter is a fine mid-priced rig all around (I was on 40 AM today, it's
a blast!), no problems with the frequency display here!
73,
Joe, W2RBA
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-admin@contesting.com [mailto:tentec-admin@contesting.com]On
> Behalf Of R. Eric Sluder
> Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2002 5:30 PM
> To: tentec@contesting.com
> Subject: [TenTec] Ham-Com & Ten-Tec
>
>
> While at Ham-Com I stopped by the Ten-Tec booth to see what was going
> on. Not a lot of folks there at the time so I got to fiddle with
> the knobs
> on the Orion. Nice radio, looks good and feels good!
>
> I am troubled by the display on it though... I noticed while
> tuning around
> that the numbers change so fast that you can't read them like when tuning
> my Paragon, it's just a blur. So I stepped over to the Jupiter
> and noticed
> the same thing. I'm not sure if it's because they're display models, or
> not. I must admit I didn't like it, but I don't have much to compare it
> too. Later I checked out another manufacturers radios with LCD displays
> and noticed a tuning appearance that one would see on a more conventional
> radio. It could've been the tuning speed as well on the Ten-Tec rigs.
>
> Any of you Jupiter owners notice this... or maybe I was dehydrated at the
> time :^) Anyway, the Orion sure seems to be a nice radio unless you must
> have a color display. Personally, now that the VI+'s are available and
> more in-line with my price range I'll be looking there. I'm not
> that much
> of an operator to warrant the bucks that the Orion dictate, but
> some of you
> will have a ball with it!
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