I wouldn't describe the audio as unintelligible by any means. It's simply
that the low frequency response does not meet the published specifications,
and with the exception of a few O2 units that have an obvious hardware
problem that causes nasty distortion, the audio sounds quite good with
external processing IMHO. I would be happy to sched with anyone on 40 or 20
meters after 23:30 UTC to demonstrate just how good it can sound.
Here are a couple of problems on the list you forgot:
The S-meter is as accurate as a Oigee board. (For those of you too young to
know what a Oigee board is, look it up on Google!) Should also be
compensated for pre-amp in or out.
The Auto and Manual Notch does not interact with the AGC to increase the
level after the offending tone has been removed.
Crash caused by NB, NR and Notch on at same time.
The Speech processor sounds OK, but it's not loud. It's only a fast AGC,
not a real clipper.
Some distortion on AM receive.
Needs a firmware routine to cause the Main and Sub receiver DSP to operate
on the same frequency when linked to the same VFO. They are currently (on
mine anyway) a fixed 6 Hz off of each other on all frequencies. DSP
soundcards can be software-adjusted for this type of problem. There is no
reason why Orion DSP can't.
Ron N6AHA
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Nason / NA9U" <na9u@arrl.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 1:10 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] V 1.372 for Orion
OK, just to keep a running list:
1) The NR does not work
2) The O2 cannot be used on phone because the audio is
unintelligable
3) The DSP does not work
DSP seems to work fairly well on mine but I am tired
of fighting city hall.
73,
John NA9U
--- Kc9cdt@aol.com wrote:
Joe,
The Orion I had was excellant. Never had any HW
problems and the way I
usually used the radio it was pretty stable too!
The OII works OK right now as long as you use it as
a basic transceiver.
(stay away from the DSP stuff)
We just need to keep testing, keep comparing with
each other to be sure we
are sure about the problem difinition, and keep
e-mailing DitsnBits.
TT is a great company, if I didn't think they would
get it right eventually,
I would have already sold mine.
73,
Lee, KC9CDT
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