background image

566 manual

Version 3 – March 2006

Part # 74410
Printed in USA

61

Figure 5-5 Subreceiver Signal Path

Содержание ORION II

Страница 1: ...REAR PANEL CONTROLS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS ANALOG METER 7 1 POWER 7 2 7 ANTENNA ASSIGNMENTS 7 8 13 VFO ASSIGNMENTS 8 14 MIC 9 15 PHONES 10 16 CW 10 17 PWR 11 18 MON 11 19 SP 11 20 SEND FUNCTIONS 11 21 U...

Страница 2: ...NE OUT 26 75 SPARE 26 76 BAND DATA 1 26 77 BAND DATA 2 26 78 EXT SPKR 27 79 KEY 27 80 AUX I O 27 81 REMOTE 28 82 SERIAL DATA 28 Chapter 3 MENU SYSTEM TX TX MENU 29 CW CW MENU 30 VOX VOX MENU 31 RX RX...

Страница 3: ...FOR MAIN TUNING KNOBS A AND B 48 INSTALLATION OF OPTIONAL CRYSTAL ROOFING FILTERS 48 MASTER RESET 49 UPDATING ORION II OVER THE INTERNET 49 TROUBLESHOOTING 50 Chapter 5 SPECIFICATIONS AND TECHNICAL DE...

Страница 4: ...in the event that storage moving or shipment becomes necessary The following hardware and accessories come standard with your ORION II Make sure that you have not overlooked anything Qty Part Descript...

Страница 5: ...rs in choosing ground methods With good resonant antennas located away from the station the AC ground in your house wiring might be adequate HOW IS ORION II DIFFERENT FROM OTHER HIGH PERFORMANCE HF TR...

Страница 6: ...ing For CW it can be as little as 300 Hz depending on the installation of optional filters For some recommended real world examples of how roofing filters affect overall receiver performance please lo...

Страница 7: ...by the main receiver and the subreceiver both Buttons 2 4 and 6 as shown above allow ANT 1 ANT 2 or RX ANT to be connected to the main receiver To connect an antenna attached to the transceiver via t...

Страница 8: ...amber LED s inside the buttons and are announced on the display screen Shown in Figure 2 2 below is a default screen when powering up ORION after a master reset Figure 2 2 ORION II Screen Display Ref...

Страница 9: ...8 pin mic connector on the front of the ORION II is shown in Figure 2 3 Recommended wiring is shown below in Figure 2 4 Figure 2 3 Front view mic connector on front panel of ORION II It is important...

Страница 10: ...f an external key keyer or paddles See Figure 2 6 for proper wiring The rear panel has a 1 8 stereo jack connected in parallel see description of 79 KEY later in the manual ORION II on initial power u...

Страница 11: ...is available through either headphones or via the speaker The MON function is also usable in FSK mode for monitoring of transmitted tones 19 SP SP has two different functions depending on which mode...

Страница 12: ...s EXIT RECORD PLAY and DELETE The four buttons below these options numbers 22 through 25 are used for these functions Unlike voice memories all 3 CW memories are automatically saved to memory when rec...

Страница 13: ...locations EXIT M VFO A M VFO B and DELETE Each of these functions uses buttons 22 through 25 directly under the options shown on the screen To recall a stored memory to VFO A press M VFO A button 23 T...

Страница 14: ...or marked W with the notch width value will be shown Example W 250Hz is a notch filter width of 250 Hz Turn the MULTI knob to adjust the width value Pressing the NOTCH button when the W value is shown...

Страница 15: ...10 and 100 kHz Press STEP A submenu with the seven values will appear use buttons 28 through 34 to select a particular value STEP size is adjusted per receiver depending on which of the MAIN RX or SUB...

Страница 16: ...e right edge of the screen In Figure 2 9 button 34 was pressed to access the TX menu The TX annunciator on the screen is highlighted and the menu options for TX are shown on the screen All seven of th...

Страница 17: ...r of stereo headphones and when centered assure the operator they are on frequency When selecting BinRX on the menu you will notice that the headphone settings for Left and Right will also change to w...

Страница 18: ...VOX hang settings are adjusted through the menu system When the VOX button is pressed the annunciator on will appear on the screen just below the button If no on annunciator is shown VOX operation is...

Страница 19: ...ain for the higher output value ALC The ALC light just to the right of the S meter is used to indicate when automatic level control action for the set output of the radio has been reached It will flas...

Страница 20: ...stable 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 encoder in and hold for two seconds The PBT...

Страница 21: ...by pushing the encoder When muted the top half of the bargraph display on the screen will disappear to tell the operator it is in mute Turning or pushing in the encoder knob un mutes and restores SUB...

Страница 22: ...n receiver functions press the MAIN RX button There is also a step size jump function accessible by pressing an already lit MAIN RX or SUB RX button When tuning up and down the band it may be useful t...

Страница 23: ...e that if trying to copy or flip a non ham frequency to the main receiver that the radio will show an error message on the screen and revert to the last used frequencies before the invalid action was...

Страница 24: ...ng 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 II require...

Страница 25: ...l break in linear amp using ANT 1 Do not connect more than 15 Vdc and 100 mA to the TX OUT or TX EN jacks TX OUT and TX EN should be connected to the corresponding QSK loop IN and OUT jacks on your am...

Страница 26: ...either ANT 1 or ANT 2 being used as the transmit antenna merely by selecting the appropriate button on the front panel see description of buttons 2 through 7 on the front of the radio 72 XVRT KEY and...

Страница 27: ...peaker connected to ORION II is minimum 4 watts power handling 4 ohms minimum impedance load 79 KEY The rear panel key jack is wired in parallel with the front panel CW key jack see description of 16...

Страница 28: ...enu Pin 5 and Pin 6 have no connection Pin 7 is the FSK mark space input 5 volts 1 mark 0 volts 0 space See FSK OPERATION section in Chapter 4 Pin 8 has no connection 81 REMOTE The REMOTE jack is used...

Страница 29: ...c antenna tuner in ORION II 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 enabled is actuate...

Страница 30: ...e keying loop has closed also see description of Keying Loop 1 and Keying Loop 2 in this section When set to KEY LINE when the radio is placed into transmit the AMP KEY 1 and AMP KEY 2 open collector...

Страница 31: ...fect anything plugged into either the front panel or rear panel key jacks All of the below only applies when the transceiver is being used in LCW or UCW modes When set to key a PTT closure at the mic...

Страница 32: ...e The hang value for FAST MED and SLOW is adjustable from 0 to 10 92 seconds The threshold value for FAST MED and SLOW is adjustable from 0 37 uV to 191 48 uV The decay values available are FAST 80 20...

Страница 33: ...e transceiver can respond uniformly set to FLAT or have a rise of 1 db per 10 dB of signal input or 2 dB per 10 dB of signal input settings of 1 10 dB or 2 20 dB Below the AGC threshold signals have a...

Страница 34: ...ze of the RIT encoder The fast rate is 4x the slow tuning rate If the optional model 302R encoder keypad is in use POD Enc Rate can be used to control the tuning knob rate The fast rate is 4x the slow...

Страница 35: ...8 kHz 600 Hz and 300 Hz in the ORION II need to be activated to be used by the operator Please note If you activate an optional filter position and no filter is installed the radio will mute on recei...

Страница 36: ...ot centered move the C F Adj control until the signal just starts to drop in level Note the reading Move to the other direction until the signal just starts to drop in level Add this value to the othe...

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

Страница 38: ...n that found on HF transceivers from other manufacturers that use a Pi or T network tuning arrangement There is no memory feature the tuner will not retain the last setting for a particular band or fr...

Страница 39: ...sirable to increase the keydown power output when tuning your amplifier To do so press the PWR button after pushing the TUNE button Power output will move from the low power setting to whatever level...

Страница 40: ...Hz and L F Rolloff is set to 150 Hz the response envelope for your transmitted SSB signal is a low of 150 Hz and a high of 3150 Hz for a total bandwidth of 3000 Hz Using the same 3000 Hz TX Filter BW...

Страница 41: ...t the speech processing level Speech processing is generally not used for higher fidelity SSB audio its use is primarily for added intelligibility for communications grade SSB audio It is also possibl...

Страница 42: ...ORION II to operate true FSK RTTY The FSK circuitry is controlled through the rear AUX I O jack on the rear panel of the transceiver Pin 7 on the I O jack is the MARK SPACE input This input is typical...

Страница 43: ...r will have ensured that all required keying connections have been closed prior to RF appearing at the output of the XVRT RF jack DIVERSITY RECEPTION Because the ORION II has the ability to have both...

Страница 44: ...ub receiver uses a second receive antenna connected to ANT 2 Using this configuration both receivers can use independent receive antennas while the transmitter uses a separate TX antenna all on the sa...

Страница 45: ...igital AGC artificially reduces the threshold setting of the digital AGC and you will notice that the overall noise level can increase but signal to noise ratio improves and that is the ultimate goal...

Страница 46: ...od is low threshold varied decay to set threshold at a low or the lowest value for maximum IF gain and then use the decay control to adjust starting from the slowest setting of 5 dB s and working upwa...

Страница 47: ...loud nearby signals having an effect on overall receiver performance and 3 having an reasonably optimum start setting that will keep the operator from having to constantly adjust controls on the radio...

Страница 48: ...external keyer is used for contest CQ s and information while a paddle connected to the internal keyer can be used by the operator for quickly repeating necessary information Pin 3 on the AUX I O con...

Страница 49: ...ER 1 4 locations see 21 USER 1 and USER 2 in Chapter 2 Pressing YES by utilizing the AN button will clear out any previous user entered data Pressing NO by utilizing the RECALL button will restore ORI...

Страница 50: ...the speaker has failed Is either receiver muted from pushing the SUB AF or MAIN AF encoders Is the volume on either turned all the way off Check inside the cabinet for cable connectors that may have...

Страница 51: ...itted signals Connection of both the 310 fan kit accessory and a second accessory to the same rear panel 13 8 Vdc jack via a Y cable may cause ground loop problems that can result in a buzzing noise b...

Страница 52: ...Hz Sub RX 45 MHz 450 kHz 14 0 kHz Display 320 x 240 pixels TFT color screen with CCFL backlighting Freq Control Receivers operate on any two bands simultaneously transmitter can be assigned to either...

Страница 53: ...2 4 kHz 1 0 kHz Optional crystal filter BWs 1 8 kHz 600 Hz 300 Hz Automatically selected via DSP BW or under independent control Selectivity DSP IF 590 built in DSP filters from 100 6000 Hz Selectivi...

Страница 54: ...ontinuous 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...

Страница 55: ...October 2006 Part 74410 Printed in USA 55 CW Offset Programmable 100 1200 Hz in 10 Hz steps Sidetone pitch automatically matches selected CW offset XIT Range 10 kHz FM Deviation 5 kHz peak nominal Cu...

Страница 56: ...ns from A1 A4 A5 and A6 in 4 compartments above the chassis deck Below the chassis deck A3 A9 and A10 also connect to the Motherboard The optional internal automatic antenna tuner A14 connects via wir...

Страница 57: ...gnal travels to the DSP via cable 20 and feeds sub RX audio input on the audio board 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...

Страница 58: ...566 manual Version 3 March 2006 Part 74410 Printed in USA 58 Figure 5 2 Subassembly Cabling...

Страница 59: ...566 manual Version 3 March 2006 Part 74410 Printed in USA 59 Figure 5 3 Plan View of ORION Chassis...

Страница 60: ...566 manual Version 3 March 2006 Part 74410 Printed in USA 60 Figure 5 4 Main Receiver Signal Path...

Страница 61: ...566 manual Version 3 March 2006 Part 74410 Printed in USA 61 Figure 5 5 Subreceiver Signal Path...

Страница 62: ...566 manual Version 3 March 2006 Part 74410 Printed in USA 62 Figure 5 6 Transmit Signal Path...

Страница 63: ...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 21 Sub 2nd LO Ref RG174 Synth A10...

Страница 64: ...quirements under R TTE directive EN 301 783 1 Technical characteristics and methods of measurement The following standards are then called by the above Immunity EN 61000 4 3 Radiated RF immunity EN 61...

Отзывы: