[TenTec] Orion Ad in June CQ

[Joe Giacobello]

Steve, I'm not sure what you mean by "real time" in this context, but I 
have had no problems with it.  I usually use a RANGE of 30 KHz and the 
CENTER FREQUENCY is set to TRACK RECEIVER.  The FORMAT is LOG; the STYLE 
is SOLID;  and the MODE(?) is CONTINUOUS.  For instance, on 20M CW, I 
would put my VFO A at 14015 and the sweep extends from 14000 to 14030.  
Once the sweep has begun, you can move VFO A anywhere, but the sweep 
will continue between 14000-14030.  BTW, the sweep is actually carried 
out by VFO B on the sub receiver.  One warning:  Turn the SWEEP off 
before transmitting.

It's particularly useful on quiet bands like 30M.  If a signal shows up, 
I can single click on it to move my VFO there, and only minor VFO 
adjustment is required to center the signal in the passband.

Let me know how you make out.


73, Joe

Steve Van Houweling wrote:

>The problem with the N4PY is that I cant get it to go in realtime, only the
>scan mode.  Do you have any insight on this ??  Thanks,  Steve
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: tentec-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>[mailto:tentec-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Joe Giacobello
>Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 4:58 PM
>To: Discussion of Tentec equipment
>Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion Ad in June CQ
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>OK, Steve.  I never tried wider scan ranges because my interest is the
>low end of the CW bands.  Admittedly, it's a vast improvement, but
>N4PY's  software does a much better job of respving the signal peaks
>with as small as a 3 KHz sweep span.  Thanks for your input.
>
>73, Joe
>
>Steve Van Houweling wrote:
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>>You can change the resolution on the sweep in the menu settings.  I use
>>72HZ.  I think its the top selection under receiver. Thanks,  Steve  WB0UGO
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: tentec-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>>[mailto:tentec-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Joe Giacobello
>>Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 9:16 AM
>>To: tentec
>>Subject: [TenTec] Orion Ad in June CQ
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>>Am I seeing things?  THe picture of the Orion in the June CQ ad shows a
>>high resolution spectral display (SWEEP).  (The screen also appears to
>>have a bluish background tint.)  When I use the Orion's SWEEP function,
>>I get a very broad, blocky and virtually useless representation of each
>>signal.  I always thought the problem was a hardware limitation in the
>>screen resolution, but maybe I'm doing something wrong.   Am I wrong or
>>is that photo the result of an overzealous ad agency retoucher?
>>
>>73, Joe
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