I was only repeating what I have read concerning weak signal work... It does
make sense to use the filter with the lowest insertion loss providing the
band is quiet enough...
Yes I do acknowledge that there is no one setting that is best in all
circimstances and I am quite pleased with the Orion's receiver... I do have
a pet peave list but have managed to find work-arounds for most of the
issues...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tommy" <aldermant@alltel.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 11:37 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Cooling the Orion
> Yes, there is a 20khz filter but I have no clue why one would want to use
> that.
>
> Haven't seen the keypad problem. Normally after punching VFO A ENTER
> button, punching in your freq, and then pushing VFO A ENTER again, mine
> always switches to the inputted frequency.
>
> Your going to run into some more anomolaties as you get familar with it.
> Such as when you press B>A, you will find that VFO A changes it's mode to
> USB, no matter what mode was set in VFO B. But if you read the pdf file on
> rfsquared.com , you will see what all they have been working in for the
> v1.37 firmware update. If I recall, out of 25 changes, 14 of them pretain
to
> the CW mode.
>
> Just be aware that until v1.37 is released, if you work split, such as the
> tx on VFO A and the rx on VFO B, and the sweep is running, the Orion will
> randomly stop transmitting and you have to reboot (!love that term!) the
> Orion to get your xmtr working again. The release of v1.37 should make the
> Orion another very good Ten Tec radio. Most folks, including me, think the
> spectrum scope is almost, but not quite useless.
>
> Tom - W4BQF
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Ellington" <N4LQ@igLou.com>
> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 10:07 AM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Cooling the Orion
>
>
> > I didn't even know this had a 20khz filter Tom. Am I missing something?
I
> > did notice that when I enter a freq. on the keypad it doesn't always
> > activate unless I turn the vfo knob. What's with that?
> > Steve
> > N4LQ
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Thomas Uhlman" <tuhlman@kimbanet.com>
> > To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 12:47 PM
> > Subject: Re: [TenTec] Cooling the Orion
> >
> >
> > > Speaking of Orion irregularities, has anyone noticed this issue:
> > >
> > > Set both receivers to the same band and same antennas....
> > >
> > > Enable the 20 kHz filter...
> > >
> > > Tune in a signal on the sub-receiver....
> > >
> > > Set the main receiver 14 kHz ABOVE the subreceiver frequency.....
> > >
> > > Do you receive the same signal on both receivers??
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Tommy" <aldermant@alltel.net>
> > > To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> > > Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 8:38 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [TenTec] Cooling the Orion
> > >
> > >
> > > > Yes, that seems to be a surprising 'plus' to the extra cooling air
> > > movement.
> > > > Would be interesting to know if Jim/KH7M has noticed the same thing
> > with
> > > > his Orion.
> > > >
> > > > Tom - W4BQF
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Thomas Uhlman" <tuhlman@kimbanet.com>
> > > > To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> > > > Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 8:15 AM
> > > > Subject: Re: [TenTec] Cooling the Orion
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Funny you mentioned the darkening of the left hand side of the
> > > display...
> > > > My
> > > > > Orion's display does that too after about an hour or so of
> power-up...
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > I'm really not 'pressurizing' anything, mearly generating a
slight
> > air
> > > > > flow
> > > > > > out of the top of the Orion through the speaker grill. The
intake
> > > ports
> > > > > > would be mainly the ports on the bottom of the radio, especially
> the
> > > > ones
> > > > > > under the front panel. With the fan speed cranked down so the
fan
> > > makes
> > > > no
> > > > > > noise, there is just a gently flow of air exhausted out the top.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > One side benefit I have noticed: the left side of my LCD screen
> had
> > > > > become
> > > > > > slightly darker than the rest of the screen (about an inch wide,
> > > > > > vertically), now that has completely cleared up.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Tom - W4BQF
> > > > > >
> > > >
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