Hi Floyd,
can you see a orion's vfo-b position
on SpectraVue ?
This is very important for pile up split
operations.
73 Simone IZ5DKJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Floyd Sense" <floyd@k8ac.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2011 1:44 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Question
>I wouldn't call any of the panadaptor approaches "plug and play", but
> it does work just fine. You will of course need the IF tap on the Orion
> II and that's well documented. Currently, I'm using SpectraVue with
> SDR-IQ and my Orion II and use DXLab for logging and frequency control.
> So, mousing on a signal on the panadaptor sets the Orion to that
> frequency and DXLab picks up the frequency as well. When the Orion is
> tuned, DXLab and SpectraVue both follow along. I use com port sharing
> software that allows DXLab and SpectraVue to both communicate with the
> Orion over the same com port. I'm away from the station this week, so
> can't tell you the name of the port sharing software. I tried a few
> different programs for that function and found that some do a poor job
> of managing the rig traffic, while the one I use does it perfectly.
> This one is free, where others I tried were rather expensive considering
> they worked poorly.
>
> One important aspect is getting the Orion frequency offsets right for
> the mode you're using and both SpectraVue and the N4PY software do that
> correctly. I've found SpectraVue to be extremely stable on my Windows 7
> system, where the program I previously used (PowerSDR/IF) was very
> unstable and frequently locked up my system.
>
> Before the Orion II, my rig was a K3 with P3 panadaptor and while the P3
> was quite impressive, I find the SDR-IQ/SpectraVue combination to be a
> superior approach (and the Orion II to be superior to the K3).
>
>
> 73, Floyd - K8AC
>
> On 10/7/2011 6:47 PM, John Molenda wrote:
>> Will SDR IQ run with the Orion II plug and play ? There ad does not
>> mention Ten Tec equipment . thanks John kb2huk
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