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565 manual

September 2003

           57

Part # 74279
Printed in USA

   

Figure 5-3 Plan View of ORION Chassis

A1

LPF

A4

IF

A5

IFCNV

UNDER 

SPKR

A6

SUB

A2  PA

A7 DSP & A8 KEY

FRONT PANEL

A7 DSP & A8 KEY

FRONT PANEL

A0

A0

A2  PA

A10

SYNTH

A9

PWR

A3

RFCNV

A14

OPTIONAL

TOP VIEW

BOTTOM VIEW

I/O

I/O

A11 MBRD

A13 SWEEP

Summary of Contents for Orion 565

Page 1: ...1 POWER 7 2 7 ANTENNA ASSIGNMENTS 7 8 13 VFO ASSIGNMENTS 8 14 MIC 9 15 PHONES 10 16 CW 11 17 PWR 12 18 MON 12 19 SP 13 20 SEND FUNCTIONS 13 21 USER 1 AND USER 2 14 22 RECALL 14 23 NB 14 24 NR 15 25 N...

Page 2: ...PKR 28 79 KEY 28 80 AUX I O 28 81 REMOTE 29 82 SERIAL DATA 29 Chapter 3 MENU SYSTEM TX TX MENU 30 CW CW MENU 31 VOX VOX MENU 32 RX RX MENU 32 OTHER OTHER MENU 34 SSB SSB MENU 35 FILTR FILTER MENU 35 C...

Page 3: ...ADJUSTMENT FOR MAIN TUNING KNOBS A AND B 47 MASTER RESET 47 UPGRADING ORION OVER THE INTERNET 48 TROUBLESHOOTING 48 Chapter 5 SPECIFICATIONS AND TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION SPECIFICATIONS 50 HARDWARE INFOR...

Page 4: ...are and accessories come standard with your ORION Make sure that you have not overlooked anything Qty Part Description 1 27074 Mini ATC Blade Fuse 25 Amp 1 35003 Phono Plug 1 35057 4 pin Microphone Co...

Page 5: ...g filters keep closeby loud signals from having a negative impact on receiver performance A typical high performance HF transceiver is equipped with a 15 to 20 kHz wide roofing filter at the first I F...

Page 6: ...e like weak signal DXing and contesting a much smaller roofing bandwidth than 20 or 6 kHz is necessary In ORION for SSB use it can be as little as 1 8 kHz for roofing For CW it can be as little as 250...

Page 7: ...ANALOG METER An analog meter is provided at the upper left hand side of the front of the transceiver In receive the meter shows S units of signal strength for the main receiver In transmit the meter s...

Page 8: ...aneously with both receivers or they can be split off to separate receivers One receiver cannot be used with two antennas at the same time One antenna one receiver two antennas two receivers One anten...

Page 9: ...ugh the subreceiver audio chain on the last used subreceiver frequency when doing so it will not mute the subreceiver Subreceiver audio can be muted by turning the SUB AF encoder all the way countercl...

Page 10: ...ONE PLUG two circuit INTO ORION s FRONT PANEL PHONES JACK UNLESS PROPERLY WIRED AS DESCRIBED The jack is optimally for stereo headphones ORION uses left and right stereo outputs from two audio amps A...

Page 11: ...SP button Speed and then rotate the MULTI knob for an appropriate CW speed Note In SSB modes SP is used for speech processing and displays a different value common Key or dit dah Figure 2 7 Paddle Wir...

Page 12: ...ystem a low level output RF output level of approximately 15 dBm will be sent through the XVRT RF jack This output power value is adjustable from 5 to 15 dBm by using the PWR and MULTI control when th...

Page 13: ...1 and SEND 2 voice memories When finished you can check the recording off the air by pressing PLAY button 24 To delete the recording press DELETE button 25 To retain the memory after the transceiver...

Page 14: ...an scroll among the factory defaults and the four user profiles by turning the MULTI knob located to the upper right of the screen When turned the submenu display will change to read PARAMETER BACKUP...

Page 15: ...l by the MAIN RX and SUB RX buttons located between the two large main tuning knobs See 55 MAIN RX and 56 SUB RX for information on these buttons and their function Refer to the section of chapter 4 t...

Page 16: ...200 Hz This value is also adjustable via the menu system See the description for CW CW MENU in Chapter 3 31 STEP The tuning step size for each receiver is adjustable in seven different steps 1 10 100...

Page 17: ...re seven selectable menus To the right side of the screen there are seven choices They are TX CW VOX RX Other SSB Filtr Each of these menus can be accessed by pressing the corresponding button 28 thro...

Page 18: ...is usable in SSB modes with the same effect Signals below or above in frequency will be heard in one side or the other of stereo headphones and when centered assure the operator they are on frequency...

Page 19: ...hown VOX operation is disabled 38 S TONE Sidetone volume for CW operation Press the S TONE button Directly under the screen a value of 0 off to 100 will appear Use the MULTI knob to change the value B...

Page 20: ...ing TUNE then PWR again for the higher output value ALC The ALC light just to the left of the S meter is used to indicate when automatic level control action for the set output of the radio has been r...

Page 21: ...own per receiver on the screen BW is adjustable from 100 to 6000 Hz PBT is adjustable or 2 5 kHz from center PBT can easily be cleared to zero When the PBT LED is lit next to the encoder press the enc...

Page 22: ...stacked on the left side of the screen The SUB AF receiver gain can be muted by pushing the encoder When muted the top half of the bargraph display on the screen will disappear to tell the operator i...

Page 23: ...ver on the screen and you are now ready to change values for subreceiver functions To return to main receiver functions press the MAIN RX button There is also a step size jump function accessible by p...

Page 24: ...pressing the A B B A or A B buttons A B copies frequency information from VFO A to VFO B B A copies frequency information from VFO B to VFO A A B flips the two VFO s frequency information what was sho...

Page 25: ...buttons on the front panel see description of buttons 2 through 7 earlier in the manual Also see the descriptions for 61 ANT 1 and 71 AUX RX 63 DC IN This is the dc input connector ORION requires 23 a...

Page 26: ...OUT is connected to KEY IN and TX EN is connected to KEY OUT via shielded cables consult the operator s manual of your non Ten Tec QSK amp for the proper loop information To use the full break in key...

Page 27: ...AMP 1 KEY circuit described above XVTR RF provides a low level TX RF output for external transverter The RF output level is ALC controlled at approximately 15 dBm this is adjustable from 5 to 15 dBm...

Page 28: ...g accessory device requiring audio in out connections FSK connections and or an auxiliary PTT input An accessory cable p n 46176 has been provided as part of the ORION packing kit for easier connectio...

Page 29: ...d allowing armchair tuning and control of transceiver functions 82 SERIAL DATA The serial data connector is used for both loading Flash ROM updates into the transceiver and for computer control of rad...

Page 30: ...ternal automatic antenna tuner in ORION If installed the tuner can be enabled or disabled with this line item The internal tuner is operable on the ANT 1 connection only The internal tuner when enable...

Page 31: ...n also be turned on and off from the front panel by pressing SP See the description of 19 SP in Chapter 2 CW Weighting refers to the 3 1 dit dah ratio employed by the CW keyer for transmitting Morse c...

Page 32: ...se of a normal conversation RX RX MENU Figure 3 4 RX Menu The RX menu is accessible by pressing the button on the front panel immediately to the right of the screen next to the RX annunciator Sweep Ra...

Page 33: ...the PBT and BW values for each receiver with one turn of the MULTI knob The default value is off allowing the PBT and BW values to be adjusted separately by receiver If it is desirable to adjust both...

Page 34: ...nd USER 2 are duplicates of the front panel USER 1 and USER 2 buttons see 21 USER 1 and USER 2 in Chapter 2 These allow retrieval of the profile memories that are stored in USER 1 and USER 2 Send 1 Se...

Page 35: ...oint where low end audio response starts for transmitted SSB audio For example if TX Filter BW is set to 3000 Hz and L F Rolloff is set to 200 Hz the frequency response of the transmitted signal is 20...

Page 36: ...ill widen or narrow as the roofing filters switch in and out It is possible to override the AUTO setting and use one specific filter at all times To do so turn the MULTI knob while Xtal Filter is is h...

Page 37: ...SPLIT FREQUENCY Often DX stations will be listening on one frequency while transmitting on another The two receivers and two VFO s in ORION permit the operator to listen to both the DX stations freque...

Page 38: ...ether you have an amplifier that is full break in and how the full break in is accomplished will determine the method for connecting the linear to ORION Two sets of keying outputs are provided for the...

Page 39: ...r philosophies can adjust the radio the way they want it to sound Obviously the operator who favors rich full sounding transmit audio is not going to have the same needs as the DXer who wants maximum...

Page 40: ...nse from your voice and the transmit bandwidth is attenuated The next control to adjust is transmitter equalization TX EQ can be used to give your audio more bass or treble response at a given transmi...

Page 41: ...to what you are transmitting and avoid this The speech processor used in the ORION is a true RF compressor DSP generated Human voices have peak to average ratios as high as 15 dB At 100 watts PEP outp...

Page 42: ...jack on the rear apron of the Orion Pin 7 on the I O jack is the MARK SPACE input This input is typically connected to the FSK output on a modem or terminal unit The Orion receives FSK using lower sid...

Page 43: ...both receivers tuned by a single VFO simultaneously and because both receivers can be split out to different antennas a world of possibilities for diversity reception are opened First a definition of...

Page 44: ...es to start and by understanding how the operation of the high dynamic range receiver in Orion is different from other transceivers will set you on the correct path toward optimum use Think this throu...

Page 45: ...aps nothing is more important than AGC setting and for single signal weak signal DXing purposes the programmable AGC value is probably the only setting that the operator should consider using Put the...

Page 46: ...for quicker adaptation Make sure the narrow roofing filters if you choose to use them are centered using the C F controls in the menu Make sure the signal you are listening to is zero beat at the CW...

Page 47: ...hat is to simply leave it off and with the Orion s RX capabilities individual operators may find this to be the best choice of all Remember like all adaptive DSP noise reduction sometimes it helps som...

Page 48: ...e your transceiver visit the www rfsquared com web site and click on Get The Latest For Your ORION A file will be available with the latest firmware version To check what version of the firmware you p...

Page 49: ...t The transmitter can be disabled in the TX menu see Chapter 3 Make sure it has not been disabled Is the gain setting correct for the microphone input or AUX I O as appropriate Is the KEYING LOOP set...

Page 50: ...kHz 14 0 kHz Display 320 x 240 transflective graphic LCD white LED backlight adjustable contrast reversible to black background with white lettering Freq Control Receivers operate on any two bands sim...

Page 51: ...kHz 1 0 kHz Optional crystal filter BWs 1 8 kHz 500 Hz 250 Hz Automatically selected via DSP BW or under independent control Selectivity DSP IF 590 built in DSP filters from 100 6000 Hz Selectivity FM...

Page 52: ...uous with cooling fan accessory Microphone Input Impedance 10 k ohms at 1 kHz Microphone Sensitivity 5 mV for full power output Internal gain range adjustment dc power for electret elements Line level...

Page 53: ...mber 2003 Part 74279 Printed in USA 53 CW Offset Programmable 300 1200 Hz in 10 Hz steps Sidetone pitch automatically matches selected CW offset XIT Range 10 kHz FM Deviation 5 kHz peak nominal Curren...

Page 54: ...s deck Below the chassis deck A3 A9 and A10 also connect to the Motherboard The optional internal automatic antenna tuner A14 connects via wires and plug in cables to A0 Each signal processing module...

Page 55: ...ugh the motherboard A11 to the headphone jack on A8 The audio signal also reaches the EXT SPKR and AUX I O jacks via A11 and A12 From A12 it runs through wire cable 36 to the internal speaker The synt...

Page 56: ...DC IN FUSE AMP KEYS 2 XVRT 2 BAND DATA 2 REAR PANEL CONNECTORS A7 LOGIC A6 SUBRX A10 SYNTH 24 20 CONN A12 SERIAL DATA SPKR KEY AUX I O REMOTE 24 4 27 26 A13 SWEEP AMP 14B A3 RFCNV A4 9MHZ IF A5 IFCNV...

Page 57: ...ed in USA Figure 5 3 Plan View of ORION Chassis A1 LPF A4 IF A5 IFCNV UNDER SPKR A6 SUB A2 PA A7 DSP A8 KEY FRONT PANEL A7 DSP A8 KEY FRONT PANEL A0 A0 A2 PA A10 SYNTH A9 PWR A3 RFCNV A14 OPTIONAL TOP...

Page 58: ...S 3 KEYING LOOPS 2 DC IN FUSE AMP KEYS 2 XVRT 2 BAND DATA 2 REAR PANEL CONNECTORS A7 LOGIC A6 SUBRX A10 SYNTH CONN A12 SERIAL DATA SPKR KEY AUX I O REMOTE A14 AUTO TUNER Optional A13 SWEEP AMP 14B A3...

Page 59: ...A0 I O ANTENNAS 3 KEYING LOOPS 2 DC IN FUSE AMP KEYS 2 XVRT 2 BAND DATA 2 REAR PANEL CONNECTORS A7 LOGIC A6 SUBRX A10 SYNTH 24 20 CONN A12 SERIAL DATA SPKR KEY AUX I O REMOTE 24 4 A14 AUTO TUNER Optio...

Page 60: ...Z IF A5 IFCNV 13 15 A14 AUTO TUNER Optional WIRE CABLES COAXIAL CABLES 3 17 6 10 12 19 4 25 25 ENCODER 1 ENCODER 2 33 34 26 28 p o A11 MBRD A8 KEYPAD PWRDST A9 A2 PA A1 LPF 8 7 9 A0 I O ANTENNAS 3 KEY...

Page 61: ...er A5 15 A5 IF Conv 3rd Tx IF In RG174 DSP CPU A7 17 3rd Rx IF Out RG174 DSP CPU A7 18 Main RX LO Ref RG174 Synth A10 19 A6 Sub Rx Sub Rx 3rd IF Out RG174 DSP CPU A7 20 Sub 1st LO Ref RG174 Synth A10...

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