Rick,
You are 100% correct about the TenTec supplied cable for the FSK lead. The
cable provided is the same as for the Omni VII. Unfortunately, when the Orion
II was designed (I have both Orion II & Omni VII) the FSK lead was moved from
pin 5 to pin 7 of the connector. This cost me a lot of time because I blindly
trusted the supplied cable in setting up FSK operation of the Orion II.
A call to TenTec was answered with a statement that the cable is a standard
commercial product and that no 'correct' cable is available. So, the answer was
to replace the connector on the supplied cable with the connector provided
goodies bag that came with the Orion II and put the leads on the correct pins.
It's do-able (my 68 year old eyes and shaky hands don't help) but is one of my
very few rubs with TenTec. It's absurd to me that an 'incorrect' cable is
supplied with transceiver in this price class.
73
Dave
WA3F
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick W" <ve7tk@yahoo.ca>
To: "Ten-Tec Reflector" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 11:57:32 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] RASCAL interface and the Orion 565
Jack is correct the Orion AUX jack has output that can be used for AFSK . FSK
on the other hand is more of an issue. If your friend is using the Ten-Tec AUX
cable for FSK I'm afraid he's out of luck. That cable does not bring out the
FSK output. He'll have to build up a new cable or perhaps purchase one from a
3rd party.
I'm using a US-Interface Navigator and it keys the rig with the PTT on pin 3
and sends FSK on Pin 7 of the AUX jack. It has it's own DIN connector and
privides access to all pins on the Orion's AUX jack.
Also, if your friend has an "early" 565 he may need to add a 10k pull
up resistor between pin 7 of the AUX connector and pin 8 of the REMOTE jack.
http://www.ad4c.us/Tentec%20HF%20manuals_/Orion%20II/02Orion%2520FSK.pdf
73,
Rick
VE7TK
Website: http://www.ve7tk.com
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Subject:Re: [TenTec] RASCAL interface and the Orion 565
From:"k0bx@arrl.net" <k0bx@arrl.net>
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Date:Tue, 16 Oct 2012 17:35:17 -0700 (PDT)
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That is very good Jack, the problem is that I am not the owner of the Orion but
my friend W0TT is. I am trying to get him on RTTY.
Maybe you could send me a note off line on what cables you are talking about?
We do want to be able to use FSK and NOT AFSK. And do CW without changing
cables. Joe K0BX Stop the insanity!
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From: jack <jfriend31@comcast.net>
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Sent: Wed, October 17, 2012 12:31:38 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] RASCAL interface and the Orion 565 One does not need a
Rascal for RTTY with the Orion. one can use the cables that
came with Orion for RTTY direct to the computer. I have done exactly that for
all the years I have had my Orions 565, mostly CW but MixW3 will do all modes
just about with the above cable connections to computer.
jack
ak7o
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