Steve,
I sent John Henry a note about that yesterday and they are aware of the
distortion also.
Gene WB9HLA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Kline" <skline4@verizon.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Cc: <w5pny@arrl.net>
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 20:38
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion 2 Firmware 2.043B Released
>I have read most of the threads on this release and get the NR sidetone
>issues and feedback on popping.
>
> Bothering me is I'm not seeing any comments on the audio distortion (I'm
> hearing) that is present for both ssb & cw audio when the NR function is
> in play, regardless of NR setting (1-9). Perhaps I am having another
> problem or issue in my radio?? Is this thread considering the term
> sidetone to be inclusive of all audio coming out of the radio? Sidetone
> to me is the audible indication of a CW signal as the operator sends.
>
> Thanks
> Steve - W5JK
>
> On Jun 4, 2010, at 10:56 AM, Steven Kline wrote:
>
>> I loaded the new release yesterday and played with it for half a day.
>>
>> I am also observing issues with the NR operation. My observation -
>> regardless of whether NR is set to 1 or 9, when it is selected, my audio
>> either for cw or ssb is distorted to the point that it is virtually
>> non-readable. No argument that with the NR selected the noise level is
>> extremely reduced, however, the distortion to the audible component
>> regardless of setting makes the feature unusable on my radio. I used
>> standard (default) AGC settings for slow, medium, and fast, and played
>> with programming some variable agc levels as well with no change in the
>> distortion result.
>>
>> That is the only significant issue that I have discovered at this point,
>> and most of my time exploring the new load was with the NR feature,
>> trying to get rid of the audio distortion element.
>>
>> Steve Kline - W5JK
>>
>> On Jun 4, 2010, at 10:36 AM, Harry G McGavran Jr wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> For me, there are two problems with 2.043B, one affects me
>>> in only a minor way, the other is a major nuisance.
>>>
>>> I live in a rural area where I rarely need NB or NR, so the
>>> minor nuisance is the way NR works now. The popping does
>>> get worse with higher atmospheric noise levels, but with the
>>> NR off it's not a problem. I've never had enough man-made
>>> noise to warrant running the NR very high.
>>>
>>> The interesting thing is though, that the side-tone is
>>> subject to the same popping even with NR off, if the
>>> side-tone level is set higher than 30. What's really
>>> interesting is that I can set the side-tone level higher and
>>> not get the popping IF the atmospheric noise is LOWER. With
>>> really low background noise I can run the level up to almost
>>> 35 and not get any popping. If I run it up to 50 or more
>>> the side tone sounds absolutely horrible for all the
>>> noise/popping generated with it. This sounds like the same
>>> stuff you get with NR set to low levels, but the side-tone
>>> popping happens whether NR is on or off.
>>>
>>> The side-tone issue is the only one I've found that would
>>> send me back to 2.039d, but it seems to be ok if I keep the
>>> side-tone level at 30 or less. That's really annoying as
>>> the side-tone is a bit soft at that level -- but I think
>>> I'll stick with 2.043B as I can manage this way until the
>>> side-tone level issue get's fixed and I don't rely on NR
>>> very often at all.
>>>
>>> Other things look fine so far -- I've managed to try to
>>> exercise all the things I usually do and haven't noticed
>>> anything else is a problem. Something else may crop up, but
>>> if not, I'll stick with this release until the next one.
>>>
>>> I'm really happy to see the 10khz frequency offset markers
>>> on the sweep. Their absence in the previous releases after
>>> 2.039d were greatly missed!
>>>
>>> 73 --
>>> Harry, W5PNY
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Harry G. McGavran, Jr.
>>>
>>> E-mail: w5pny@arrl.net
>>>
>>>
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