I consider the "commonality" of many of the connectors on the Orion to be
one of the dumbest things about the design. I have never had another rig
that did not use distinct or keyed connectors to prevent you from plugging
in the wrong cable. The front panel key/phone jack issue seems the worst to
me since you can easily send the audio output stage to silicon Hades.
But the performance outweighs the warts, and my Orion 1 has been very stable
for a long time now.
Bob W2WG
-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]
On Behalf Of K4IA@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 12:03 AM
To: tentec@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion Aux Audio output (explained)
Red faced and embarrassed, I am compelled to exhibit the depth of my
ignorance so that others may benefit from my folly:
It seems I had the cables plugged into the Remote Encoder jack instead of
the AUX I/O jack. Little did I know one size fits all and how can you tell
when you are reaching behind a radio just praying you can get the plug
aligned
so it will fit in? I may put a piece of tape over the Remote jack just to
be
sure this doesn't happen again.
The reason the receive audio varied with the volume control was that my
microphone was on top of the speaker and picking up the audio coming out of
the
speaker and that was what was fed to my computer and displayed on the
screen.
If I turned up the volume, the speaker was louder and the mic picked up
more
audio.
Even with the cable plugged in the wrong jack I was able to record and
playback wave files because the Microkeyer was sending the audio to the
right
places (Mic to computer / computer to mic).
I have reloaded 2.056 and verified that the Aux I/O is still a fixed level.
I think I need to go to bed before I do something else dumb.
K4ia "Buck"
Fredericksburg, Virginia USA
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