I found that by setting the mic in the SSB menu to MIC when running SSB and
never BOTH that this helped solve the problem. I set it to EXTERNAL when
running PSK31.
George
Quoting Mark DeBord <markinkpt@hotmail.com>:
> I am amazed at all the different answers to this question. Some are hearing
> the distortion, others are not; some in their headphones (in only one side),
> some on the internal speaker.
>
> To add to the list of differences, I hear the distortion with the headphones
> (in both sides) and with an external speaker (Icom SP-20 and the Ten Tec
> speaker), but when using the internal speaker, I can not tell it is there. I
> also can use a communications speaker like the famous motorola 4 inch
> speakers we all see at the hamfest and the distortion is not as bad. I know
> it is because the narrow bandwidth of the speaker masks the distortion. But
> of couse everyone's audio is average.
>
> I went to the Ten Tec hamfest and took the Orion with me to get them replace
> the RIT control and discussed with them about the distortion of which they
> will look at that too. I am still waiting to find out what is found (if
> anything).
>
> The distortion is in v2.059 and also the v2.057 (the other version that was
> included with the latest release). However, previous V2 versions and also
> all the V1 versions do not have the distortion.
>
> It also is curious to me that the AGC was supposedly not touched on v2.057
> according to the release notes, but the distortion is there).
>
>
> My friend has an Orion I also and he can hear the distortion as well on his.
> I had heard others were hearing it on the Orion II as well, but at the
> hamfest, I listened on an O II in the tent and did not hear the distortion
> (they had the external Ten Tec speaker).
>
> So, what is going on that some hear it and others do not? Some say they get
> rid of it by adding hang time. This helps, but does not get rid of the
> distortion.
>
> It is going on 3 weeks now so maybe I will hear from Ten Tec soon on my
> repair of the RIT and will let everyone know if there is any difference with
> the distortion once I get it back. I am wondering with it is possible there
> is slight manufacturing/componant differences that is causing the distorion
> in some and not in others.
>
> Thanks,
> Mark KA4ICK
>
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