I keep hoping that it's something simple like a hiccup while I was flashing
the new firmware, so I'm interested if anyone else finds the same things I'm
finding in the behavior.
Ron N6IE
www.N6IE.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene Henderson" <wb9hla@comcast.net>
To: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>; "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment"
<tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 7:26 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion II v 2.042A: Not Ready for Prime Time!
> Ron,
> Looks like someone forgot to install this on a radio and see if it worked.
> I agree with you
> not even close to Prime Time
> Gene WB9HLA
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>
> To: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>; "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment"
> <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 21:50
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion II v 2.042A: Not Ready for Prime Time!
>
>
>> Addendum to my post: on problem #1, I'm referring to the RX audio. TX
>> audio (other than more drive needed and processor problem) still sounds
>> broadcast quality.
>>
>> Ron N6IE
>> www.N6IE.com
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>
>> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 6:41 PM
>> Subject: [TenTec] Orion II v 2.042A: Not Ready for Prime Time!
>>
>>
>>> Here are a list of problems I found right off with the v. 2.042A, even
>>> after doing a battery reset and two master resets and memory clear:
>>> 1.. Very noticeable distortion on all audio. Sounds like overdrive in
>>> IF
>>> or DSP section.
>>> 2.. AGC hang in AF AGC. S-meter goes up and never comes down! At same
>>> time, RF gain goes down and does not come back up. If you manually turn
>>> the RF Gain all the way to 0, then back up to 100, the radio is
>>> essentially muted. This will not happen if the "AGC Hang" setting is 0,
>>> but then distortion is really bad.
>>> 3.. NR does not work in AF AGC mode. Does seem to work well in RF AGC
>>> mode.
>>> 4.. Much more audio drive needed on AUX input for SSB. It looks like
>>> about 10 dB more.
>>> 5.. AM carrier= 1.25 Watts max! That's at 100% PWR setting.
>>> 6.. FM carrier= 6.4 Watts max.
>>> 7.. SSB Speech Processor gives only around 50 Watts max peak output.
>>> You
>>> can get it up to 100 Watts when you crank it to "way beyond reasonable
>>> distortion".
>>> 8.. Could not find any sort of S-Meter calibration
>>> Here are the good points so far:
>>> 1.. Side tone is louder and spot level is too.
>>> 2.. Waterfall display is much improved.
>>> 3.. Difference in frequency between Main and Sub improved, but still
>>> not
>>> "phase locked". I detect about 0.1 Hz differential which should make it
>>> fine for true diversity antenna work.
>>> 4.. In RF AGC mode, the NR really does seem improved, although it's
>>> hard
>>> to tell with the audio distortion mentioned above.
>>> So that's the good, the bad and the ugly of it! I'm QSYing back to v.
>>> 2.039d, the last one that worked right...
>>>
>>> Ron N6IE
>>> www.N6IE.com
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