Hello Kam,
I remember the ACOM had a problem with keying. My Alpha 99
(vacuum relay) never had the problem, and still keys fine on 2.054 as
well, so I'm thankful for that. I don't seem to be seeing any leading
edge spikes from the LED metering on the Alpha - don't know if it would
be visible, but with LED's at least I have the possibility of seeing it.
Just for comparison purposes, my settings are:
CW QSK = 5%
Ext T/R Delay = 20% (but is this really used when using the
keying loops?)
Monitor is definitely a problem, but I think it's the same thing
they just fixed on the Orion II's 2.030 version. Hopefully we'll see a
fix for that quickly.
I'll do my sweep mod over the weekend when I can carve out a
little more time for it. Will be nice to have it for navigating the
pileups on 3Y0X - hi!
73, Duane
On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 23:15:35 -0500 "Kamal Sirageldin" <ksira@corpten.com>
writes:
>
> I decided to try the V2.054 Beta upgrade. Did the hardware mod for
> the
> Sweep (works great).
>
> I did seem to find one problem, although I wish I could provide
> more
> detailed information to help determine the cause.
>
> Since last spring, I have used an Acom 2000A amp with the Orion -
> no
> problems. I use V1.372 firmware.
>
> After installing V2.054, I cannot key the amp without it throwing
> the amp
> into protection. Can't tell if it is because the initial RF
> waveform output
> of the Orion is too high, or if RF is present before the AMP Key
> line keys
> the amp. I use a simple keying cable from the Orion AMP KEY jack to
> the Acom
> key line input.
>
> The strange thing is that the rig keying throws the amp into
> protection even
> when I have the Orion RF output power set to one (1) watt (normally
> I drive
> the amp with 42 watts).
>
> CW QSK is set for 21%.
> EXT T/R Delay 1 is set for 23%
>
> Something strange is going on - and it's definitely a V2.054 issue,
> I
> re-installed 1.372 and things work fine with the amplifier. The
> 2.054
> problem with throwing the amplifier into protection is both in CW
> and SSB,
> and on multiple bands.
>
> I also noticed that the "MON" seemed to have feedback or was
> extremely
> sensitive to level - even when cranked down to a "2". This did not
> happen
> with V1.372 - I probably need to change the mic gain and SP settings
> to
> different values for 1.372 vs 2.054. I use a Heil Quietphone
> Headset with
> HC-4 element.
>
> I noticed that the Sweep function works great in V2.054.
> Appreciate how compressed some of the setup knob turning is with
> 2.054.
> Setting AGC Threshold is no longer an endless knob turning affair.
> The audio fidelity in 2.054 does not distort with very strong
> signals like
> it sometimes did in 1.372. Good job.
> I'm not sure, but the receive audio sounds smoother in 2.054.
> Screen display seems crisper too.
> S-Meter is definitely more generous with strong signals. Never seen
> so many
> needle pinning signals.
>
> Re-installed 1.372 so I could use the amp, but looks like lots of
> nice
> touches in V2.054.
>
> 73 Kam N3KS
>
>
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Duane Calvin, AC5AA
Austin, Texas
http://home.austin.rr.com/ac5aa
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