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Today's Topics:
1. More Blue Screen of Death 2.059 (K4IA@aol.com)
2. 2.059 Headphone output level (Barry Gross)
3. Re: AUTO ANT SWITCHING BROKE 2.037j (George)
4. 2.037J Speech Processor (Ron Castro)
5. Re: AUTO ANT SWITCHING BROKE 2.037j (RaySoifer@cs.com)
6. Re: 2.037J Speech Processor (RaySoifer@cs.com)
7. Headphone Audio Levels (Merle Bone)
8. Orion 2 voice recorder prob (emoss98133@msn.com)
9. V2.059 Aux Audio Levels (Merle Bone)
10. Re: V2.059 Aux Audio Levels (Barry Gross)
11. Re: Headphone Audio Levels (Grant Youngman)
12. Re: AUTO ANT SWITCHING BROKE 2.037j (Grant Youngman)
13. More on the blue screen of death 2.059 (K4IA@aol.com)
14. Re: Orion 2 voice recorder prob (Ron Castro)
15. Orion 2 voice recorder problem fixed (emoss98133@msn.com)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2006 19:37:31 EDT
From: K4IA@aol.com
Subject: [TenTec] More Blue Screen of Death 2.059
To: tentec@contesting.com, orion565@yahoogroups.com
Cc: ditsnbits@tentec.com
Message-ID: <4c3.8388f92.3234aa3b@aol.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
Well, I made the mistake of pushing the SUB RX VFO B button and the radio
crashed - blank screen nothing works.
I have Master Reset, RAM reset, downloaded the 2.059 upgrade again and
reinstalled. Still nothing but a blank screen and dead radio.
This is getting old.
k4ia
Craig "Buck"
Fredericksburg, Virginia USA
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 00:03:11 +0000
From: "Barry Gross" <barry.n1eu@gmail.com>
Subject: [TenTec] 2.059 Headphone output level
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Message-ID:
<54b11e780609091703i242e60c9s2eda5153f32661e5@mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Anybody else experiencing a noticeable reduction in headphone output
level (volume) in 2.059, compared to v1?
73,
Barry N1EU
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2006 20:18:41 -0400
From: "George" <goofyham@highstream.net>
Subject: Re: [TenTec] AUTO ANT SWITCHING BROKE 2.037j
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Message-ID: <007001c6d46e$ac822820$07de9c04@dx8ksrshvvatkw>
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I have just noticed that my auto antenna switching as set up in the transmit
menu is broke???
I use DX4WIN and click on a DX spot and the program automatically changes
the frequency and the O2 should also respond with an antenna change if
merited. It's broke?
The antenna does not change from ANT1 for 160-30M and ANT2 for the beam
20-10 meters. As a result if I'm not paying attention to the selected
antenna I may be transmitting into the wrong antenna.
The whole thing is acting goofy like changing the sub rx freq?? It never did
that before this latest firmware update???
Tomorrow I'm going back to the previous version SW to see if it's a bug and
yes I did a master and ram reset.
Any other ideas?
George.
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2006 17:51:01 -0700
From: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>
Subject: [TenTec] 2.037J Speech Processor
To: "Ten Tec List" <tentec@contesting.com>
Message-ID: <01d401c6d473$303b7b90$1703a8c0@Ronlap>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
This was the fix we were waiting for to get the Speech Processor working right. I did some tests using an old Collins 302C-3 watt meter which has relatively slow meter ballistics. I yanked the bass out of my audio by setting the EQplus bass control to 0. With no processing and 1500 watts PEP out, the average peaks shown on the 302C-3 were around 30 Watts. Progressively increasing the SP from 1 to 9 increased the average peaks up to 200 Watts. By comparison, my trusty old Alpha Vomax pushed the average peaks to about 175-200.
The O2's SP did introduce some distortion at the highest settings, but an amount that one would expect from that level of processing. There was no inordinate increase in background noise that plagued earlier versions.
It should be noted that results are highly dependent on how much audio is used to drive the radio, so for instance if someone reports distortion at setting 5, someone else may notice very little all the way to 8 or 9, while others may notice it at 3 or 4.
As with any aggressive speech processor, bass will cause distortion, so pull
out the bass and boost the treble with the internal EQ or an external one,
and/or use a mic like the Heil HC 4 or 5. Although I haven't tested it, an HC
mic element with the EQ set to 0 or a few dB to the minus should work very well
in contest or DX pileup. Setting the low frequency roll-off to 300 Hz will
work also.
Ron N6AHA
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2006 21:02:35 EDT
From: RaySoifer@cs.com
Subject: Re: [TenTec] AUTO ANT SWITCHING BROKE 2.037j
To: tentec@contesting.com
Message-ID: <4a6.7f9c39d.3234be2b@cs.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
I don't have DX4WIN, but I noticed that after installing 2.037j the antenna
switching settings in the O2 menu were deleted and had to be put back in
manually. Once I did that, the auto antenna switching worked fine. I can't say
whether it would work with other software, since I haven't tried that.
73,
Ray W2RS
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2006 21:08:42 EDT
From: RaySoifer@cs.com
Subject: Re: [TenTec] 2.037J Speech Processor
To: ronc@sonic.net, tentec@contesting.com
Message-ID: <3ef.5b630200.3234bf9a@cs.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
In a message dated 9/10/06 12:52:10 AM Greenwich Standard Time,
ronc@sonic.net writes:
This was the fix we were waiting for to get the Speech Processor working
right. I did some tests using an old Collins 302C-3 watt meter which has
relatively slow meter ballistics. I yanked the bass out of my audio by setting
the EQplus bass control to 0. With no processing and 1500 watts PEP out, the
average peaks shown on the 302C-3 were around 30 Watts. Progressively
increasing the SP from 1 to 9 increased the average peaks up to 200 Watts. By
comparison, my trusty old Alpha Vomax pushed the average peaks to about 175-200.
I agree with Ron. With 2.034, it sounded pretty distorted with SP settings
higher than 3. Now I can go up to 4 or 5 with acceptable results.
Another problem I had with prior firmware, one that I haven't seen written
about here, concerned the DVK. The output level was much lower than it should
be. That has been fixed in 2.037j.
73,
Ray W2RS
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2006 20:43:02 -0500
From: "Merle Bone" <merlebone@charter.net>
Subject: [TenTec] Headphone Audio Levels
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Message-ID: <001801c6d47a$74a24cd0$0302a8c0@W0EWM>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Barry N1EU wrote:
Anybody else experiencing a noticeable reduction in headphone output
level (volume) in 2.059, compared to v1?"
Yes, the headphone audio levels on V2.059 are down quite a bit from the V1 code and the "Aux
Audio Out" is also down substantially. I had to switch my "AUX Main Audio out" from
the Line-in on my sound card to the MIC-in on the sound card to get comparable levels into the
computer.
73,
Merle - W0EWM
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2006 19:18:54 -0700
From: <emoss98133@msn.com>
Subject: [TenTec] Orion 2 voice recorder prob
To: "ten-tec" <tentec@contesting.com>
Message-ID: <BAY110-DAV15ADD4D6109FC35F869BDC92350@phx.gbl>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
has anyone tried to record a send message in send 1 through send 3. when I try
to record a message I get a bad squeel in the speaker, turning the volume all
the way off and then record a message. then when you play it back it has a high
level noise imposed over my voice.
Ed K7WIA
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2006 21:34:10 -0500
From: "Merle Bone" <merlebone@charter.net>
Subject: [TenTec] V2.059 Aux Audio Levels
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Message-ID: <001f01c6d481$99efff30$0302a8c0@W0EWM>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
I finally had to go back to V1.373b5 to make sure all the knobs on the front panel worked
the way I thought they did. I have returned to V2.059d and it certainly looks to me like
the "AUX Audio Output" levels are now controlled by the front panel Main and
Sub AF knobs (No longer being fixed in level) - as well as being low in level. I would
appreciate it if someone else with and Orion could check this. I did not see a note on
this in the change history but I have a feeling that there may have been some big changes
in the audio chain of the V2 Orion.
Thanks,
Merle - W0EWM
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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 03:09:25 +0000
From: "Barry Gross" <barry.n1eu@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [TenTec] V2.059 Aux Audio Levels
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Message-ID:
<54b11e780609092009x3cbdfae6n7343adfffe238be7@mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Yes, aux audio out level in 2.059 does depend on the AF controls to
some extent, although it's not a linear relationship throughout the AF
control range.
73,
Barry N1EU
On 9/10/06, Merle Bone <merlebone@charter.net> wrote:
I finally had to go back to V1.373b5 to make sure all the knobs on the front panel worked
the way I thought they did. I have returned to V2.059d and it certainly looks to me like
the "AUX Audio Output" levels are now controlled by the front panel Main and
Sub AF knobs (No longer being fixed in level) - as well as being low in level. I would
appreciate it if someone else with and Orion could check this
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Message: 11
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2006 22:10:10 -0500
From: "Grant Youngman" <nq5t@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Headphone Audio Levels
To: "'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'" <tentec@contesting.com>
Message-ID: <000c01c6d486$a0fd9f80$3c01100a@SonyVaio>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Yes, the headphone audio levels on V2.059 are down quite a
bit from the V1 code and the "Aux Audio Out" is also down
substantially.
Haven't tried the AUX out yet, but the headphone output seems to be down in
both 2.037 and 2.059.
Grant/NQ5T
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Message: 12
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2006 22:14:02 -0500
From: "Grant Youngman" <nq5t@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [TenTec] AUTO ANT SWITCHING BROKE 2.037j
To: "'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'" <tentec@contesting.com>
Message-ID: <000d01c6d487$2aa94e50$3c01100a@SonyVaio>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
The antenna does not change from ANT1 for 160-30M and ANT2
for the beam 20-10 meters. As a result if I'm not paying
attention to the selected antenna I may be transmitting into
the wrong antenna.
Did you reset the antenna menu after loading the new software?
It is working for manual band selection.
Grant/NQ5T
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Message: 13
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 00:12:45 EDT
From: K4IA@aol.com
Subject: [TenTec] More on the blue screen of death 2.059
To: tentec@contesting.com, orion565@yahoogroups.com
Cc: ditsnbits@tentec.com
Message-ID: <c4e.242b820.3234eabd@aol.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
The 2.059 blues:
To recap: After pushing the SUB RX button to VFO B, everything died. That
is the second crash with 2.059. The first happened when I did a Master Reset
after loading 2.059 the first time.
Reloading 2.059 would not bring the radio back to life. Neither would a
Master Reset or a Ram Reset. Each time, I had reload to 2.057. I then
reloaded 2.059, did a Master Reset and then all seemed well enough until I turned
the radio off and turned it back on again later. Guess what? Dead. Blank
screen.
Again, I loaded 2.057 and got it working then I loaded 2.059, did a Master
Reset and it worked until I turned the radio off and on again - then it was
dead. This has now happened three times in a row. Enough is enough.
For the short periods of time I have been able to run 2.059, I have found
nothing worthy of keeping. Raspy distorted CW note with the NR turned on.
Otherwise, minimal improvement from the NR. Odd action from the AGC that now
seems even hotter than the old one which was way too hot.
I am going back to 2.057 until they get this fixed. 1.371 looks better all
the time.
k4ia
Craig "Buck"
Fredericksburg, Virginia USA
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Message: 14
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2006 21:30:20 -0700
From: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion 2 voice recorder prob
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Message-ID: <01fa01c6d491$d31e69d0$1703a8c0@Ronlap>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
So far I have only tried Send 1 and 2 but no problems. I used headphones
while recording.
Ron N6AHA
----- Original Message -----
From: <emoss98133@msn.com>
To: "ten-tec" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 7:18 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Orion 2 voice recorder prob
has anyone tried to record a send message in send 1 through send 3. when
I try to record a message I get a bad squeel in the speaker, turning the
volume all the way off and then record a message. then when you play it
back it has a high level noise imposed over my voice.
Ed K7WIA
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Message: 15
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2006 21:37:27 -0700
From: <emoss98133@msn.com>
Subject: [TenTec] Orion 2 voice recorder problem fixed
To: "ten-tec" <tentec@contesting.com>
Message-ID: <BAY110-DAV53266D1A2C162B4455CB192350@phx.gbl>
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did a master reset and a ram clear,, every thing OK now..
Ed K7WIA
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