I have an Orion II with firmware 2.037j and have not encountered this
problem. I suggest doing a Reset and see what happens.
73
john-n4dsp
----- Original Message -----
From: "Emil Borys" <eborys@martinauto.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 1:19 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Noise Reduction Setting
> Charles and Kim,
> I have a new O II, current firmware, purchased from TenTec about a month
> ago. I also have experienced the same phenomenon with the DSP NR.
> Regardless of signal levels, Atten, RF Gain, and Audio settings.. even
> with
> DSP at 1.. a CW signal becomes distorted when enabling DSP NR.
>
> Seeing that CW is virtually my only mode of operation, it is somewhat
> disquieting, pun intended, that an advertised feature doesn't function. I
> called TenTec and spoke, briefly, to someone in their 'service'
> department,
> about the malfunction. I received a rather gruff and abrupt, "There's
> nothing wrong with the Orion, read the owner's manual, goodbye."
>
> If you gentlemen come up with a set of control parameters that allow the
> use
> of DSP NR with CW, please post your solution.
>
> Thanks and 73,
> Emil
> W9NM
>
>
>>>>>
> Kim,
>
> Under the same conditions when the NR is on in any position I have raspy
> CW reception. Do you experience the same with your Orion II NR?
>
> Charles, K0CW
>
> Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net
> <http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec> > wrote:
> I have the O II, 2.037J firmware. The manual says that different
> noise reduction settings affect how long the DSP takes to decide
> what's nose and what's signal, but that the end result is the same. I
> thought this odd, because it seems there's no point in using anything
> but the "fastest" setting.
>
> In playing with it on CW, this doesn't appear to be the case:
> different settings definitely result in different amounts of noise
> reduction, and the lower settings seem to do their job immediately,
> but not as aggressive as the higher settings. Intuitively, this is
> what I'd expect.
>
> Has the NR changed in later firmware versions and the manual failed
> to keep? Or, has the manual always been in error?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Kim Elmore, N5OP
> <<<<
>
>
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