Doug,
Thanks for the report. I can see how Stan could say they don't care
about the reflector, but I'd be surprised if that's really true for
everyone at TT. They certainly need to monitor things for spin
control, if nothing else. (Then again, our President says he never
watches cable news. Maybe that's a sign of sanity.)
It does mean that if anyone has an issue that they want TT to know
about and act upon, they need to communicate with the company
directly. Grumbling here can't be nearly as effective.
In the software world, there are often several beta releases leading
up to a "release candidate" and then a "release". (But some famous
Internet services never get beyond "beta".) Apparently the new
firmware is really a release candidate. I.e., if nothing dreadful is
found, it will just be relabeled and shipped as the final release.
I like the new sweep display. It appears to have greater dynamic
range and the moving marker is just the right thing. In older
versions, the sweep freezes when you tune rapidly, but there is no
clear indication.
I am puzzled by the band-specific audio levels. Why would anyone
want/need that? I suppose it doesn't hurt. IF/AF AGC? Different
strokes.
What's really missing for me is a single button mode/band control:
40cw, 20psk, 80ssb, etc., along with appropriate changes in passband,
AGC, audio source, levels, etc. I'm tired of fooling with User
1/2/3/4 for mode switching.
73 Martin AA6E
On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Speer, Doug
<Doug.Speer@fairbanksmorse.com> wrote:
> I spoke with Stan Brock at Dayton. He told me a couple of interesting
> things. First he said Ten-Tec and I quote "doesn't care what is said on
> the reflector". Second he did say that Ten-Tec is interested in factual
> well documented trouble reports on any of their software but did not say
> if there was a preferred methodology for Beta testers to report such
> findings. The last thing he said specifically about the tick marks on
> the sweep display is that he did not think there are plans to re-instate
> them because "Ten-Tec doesn't really see the utility of the tick marks
> and not very many customers have really complained about not having
> them". I asked about a final release of the software and he said the
> current Beta Version may very well be the final release but choose not
> to discuss further. I'm not suggesting what we discussed was either a
> positive or negative wrt Ten-Tec.
>
> I have not loaded any of the Beta software because I am not an
> experienced software evaluator and personally don't mind waiting for a
> final more stable version to come out. For now the 2008 factory
> installed software has been fine for my DXing and low intensity
> contesting I do. Of course I graduated from an IC-706 to an Orion II in
> 2008 so the improvement was so remarkable the subtle issues / problems
> with the as delivered software are completely transparent to me.
>
> 73 to all,
> Doug, W9PN
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 16:52:19 -0400
> From: "John T. Fleming" <john@w3gqj.net>
> Subject: [TenTec] New Orion 1 - 2.063Xg
> To: "'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'" <tentec@contesting.com>
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> I installed the new software and my one complaint has been repaired. If
> the
> sub-receiver is on AM and the transceiver is operating in the SSB mode,
> once
> the rig transmitted, the headphone audio disappeared. That is now fixed.
>
>
>
> The small marks at the bottom of the sweep are missing which to me and
> traffic handling, it is going to take some adjustment to guess where
> there
> is a quiet spot for passing traffic.
>
>
>
> Thanks Ten-Tec for your work.
>
>
>
> 73,
>
> John
>
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