On my Orion 1, 2.056 firmware, when RIT and XIT are both turned on (when
both are different) just lets the one control move both of them relative to
their starting position. If they are offset from each other, they remain
at that same offset while the frequency of both moves. Nothing other than
resetting both of them causes them to have the identical offset. I would
also welcome a quick button push to sync one to the other (and now we can
argue about which moves and which stays!)
73, Duane
Duane Calvin, AC5AA
Austin, Texas
www.ac5aa.com
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From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]
On Behalf Of John Sheeley
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 11:54 AM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion RIT/XIT
Art
On my Orion II when I turn on both Rit and XIT. ,Both buttons lighted , .
the RIT-XIT sink-up.
John WB4QDA
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From: Art <k6xt@arrl.net>
To: tentec@contesting.com
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 12:07:43 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Orion RIT/XIT
I hope this isn't old Orion news. I notice the rit and xit act separately.
That is, tune rit to a freq, then turn on xit to transmit there, but xit is
still at zero, and there is no way that I've found to synchronize them. This
makes the rit/xit useless for DX pileups, for example.
This is the way it is set up in my Orion 1 with latest FW. Perhaps I'm just
naive about ritxit but this lack of sync seems to make these controls almost
useless, giving a nod to rit for those netters a few Hz off. Perhaps it is
because I only use CW and some digital. Or because that's the way my Icoms
work. Is there some other utility I don't know about?
A useful addition, it seems to me, would be to change the momentary rotary
control press to "Sync xit with current rit". Press and hold for a sec to
zero both of them. I suggest using the momentary to sync because a sec hold
in a pileup is intolerable.
73 Art
Message: 1
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 11:31:14 -0500
From: "Merle Bone" <merlebone@charter.net>
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion 1, No RIT, XIT
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
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I also had problems with the RIT/XIT control. It had problems from the time
the Orion was new. In the early days I was told to pull hard on the control
- that helped a little. Later I called Ten-Tec and was told some "logging
programs" caused a problem with the control. That was not my problem.
I recently took the Orion to Ten-Tec when I went to the Hamfest. The first
request on the Service Letter was: "Replace the RIT/XIT optical encoder -
Does not work." I also had all of the boards updated, had the V2 mod
installed and had the alignment checked. When I received the Orion this week
the Service Invoice said there were 10 board upgrades done and the alignment
was checked. It also said there was "No problem found with the RIT encoder."
It certainly works fine since it was returned - it has never worked this
easily since the Orion was new. I can only hope that "the change" is
permanent. With so many people reporting issues with this control over the
past year or two, I am inclined to believe there is an issue with the
control/function (Maybe a wave solder issue on some of the boards). I really
don't like "electronic mysteries."
One thing that I learned at the Ten-Tec open-house is that Ten-Tec is
bringing out a new board for the Orion II and the OMNI VII that is a high
performance - real-time - bandscope add-on. Apparently there is a "connector
built into both the Orion II and the OMNI VII. I did not hear anyone
indicate it would be available in the Orion.
73, Merle - W0EWM
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