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Page 1: Table Of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 – YOUR NEW ORION ORION –THE NEXT STEP IN TEN-TEC INNOVATION UNPACKING YOUR NEW ORION CONNECTING A POWER SUPPLY A WORD ABOUT GROUNDING HOW IS ORION DIFFERENT FROM OTHER HIGH-PERFORMANCE HF TRANSCEIVERS? Chapter 2 –... -
Page 2: Ant
(53) XIT (54) MAIN TUNING KNOB “B” (55) MAIN RX (56) SUB RX (57) FREQUENCY ENTRY AND BAND CHANGE BUTTONS (58) VFO A ENTER (59) VFO B ENTER (60) A>B, B>A, A/B (61) ANT 1 (62) ANT 2 (63) DC IN (64) FUSE 25 A (65) GND (66) AMP KEY 1... - Page 3 EXTERNAL CW OUTPUT PLUS CW KEYER OPERATION FROM PADDLES DRAG ADJUSTMENT FOR MAIN TUNING KNOBS “A” AND “B” MASTER RESET UPGRADING ORION OVER THE INTERNET TROUBLESHOOTING Chapter 5 – SPECIFICATIONS AND TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION SPECIFICATIONS HARDWARE INFORMATION SUBASSEMBLY LOCATION SIGNAL PATH – MAIN RECEIVER SIGNAL PATH –...
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Page 4: Chapter 1 - Your New Orion
Chapter 1 – YOUR NEW ORION Part # Description ORION –THE NEXT STEP IN TEN-TEC #27074 Mini-ATC Blade INNOVATION Fuse, 25 Amp. #35003 Phono Plug The Ten-Tec ORION represents the most #35057 4-pin Microphone innovative HF transceiver ever created for Connector amateur radio use. -
Page 5: A Word About Grounding
NOTE: always enable the power source first Mode-appropriate roofing filters keep and then the transceiver. If a generator or closeby loud signals from having a negative alternator supports the dc source, always impact on receiver performance. A typical turn off the transceiver before starting or high performance HF transceiver is shutting off the dc source equipment. - Page 6 included only because AM and FM operation would require them, and because some operators with an interest in “hi-fidelity” SSB audio will require receiver bandwidths higher than the typical 2.4 kHz communications grade roofing bandwidth would allow. Certainly the use of either a 20 kHz or 6 kHz wide roofing filter has the potential to allow overall receiver performance (dynamic range and third-order intercept point) to be...
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Page 7: Chapter 2 - Orion Front And Rear Panel Controls And Their Functions
Chapter 2 – ORION FRONT AND REAR strength for the main receiver. In transmit, PANEL CONTROLS AND THEIR the meter shows approximate output power FUNCTIONS (+/- 5%). A separate bar graph S-meter for the subreceiver is present on the radio Chapter 2 of the ORION manual covers the screen. -
Page 8: (8 - 13) Vfo Assignments
connected antennas to each of the two (8 – 13) VFO ASSIGNMENTS receivers. While dual receive transceivers are common The most common arrangement would be to today, ORION allows an unprecedented have a single antenna connected to ANT 1 level of flexibility to the operator for main used by either the main receiver only, or by and subreceiver control with the VFO the main receiver and the subreceiver both. -
Page 9: Mic
(14) MIC frequency display for VFO A are the letters TR. ‘T’ is for transmitter, ‘R’ is for main For connection of microphone. Any Ten-Tec receiver, and ‘S’ is for sub receiver. As the microphone equipped with our 4 pin operator assigns the transmitter and connector may be used without modification. -
Page 10: Phones
We recommend wiring microphone cables Figure 2-5 Proper mic cable wiring. as shown in Figure 2-5. Please note that mic cables for the Ten-Tec 705 and 706 (15) PHONES microphones and the R9625 cable provided for the Heil/Ten-Tec Studio One are already wired in this configuration. - Page 11 See (36) AUDIO later in the manual for The PTT pin (3) in the AUX I/O rear jack adjusting the headphone output for mono allows you to connect an independent keyer headphones as wired below. or computer to share CW keying. This would be useful if using the output of a computer program (like contest logging software) while also desiring a paddle to be...
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Page 12: Pwr
(17) PWR MULTI control when the transverter output is activated in the menus. This button is used for setting RF power output on ORION. Press the PWR button (18) MON then turn the MULTI knob to adjust value from 1 to 100. The value set from 1 to 100 ORION is equipped with a transmit audio will roughly correspond to power output in monitor to allow the operator to hear actual... -
Page 13: Send Functions
(19) SP message titled SAVING RECORDING will appear on the ORION screen for several SP has two different functions depending on seconds during the save process. which mode the operator has selected. In To exit the voice recorder control menu, SSB modes, the SP control is used for press EXIT (button 22). -
Page 14: User 1 And User
(21) USER 1 AND USER 2 options of EXIT, STORE, and RECALL are given. ORION is equipped with a total of five user profiles. User profiles are like a “super Factory defaults will return the radio to the memory” – everything on the radio, all state as after doing a master reset. -
Page 15: Notch
The DSP noise blanker is adjustable more information on using DSP NR in weak independently for each receiver, depending signal environments. on which is selected for control by the MAIN RX and SUB RX buttons located between (25) NOTCH the two large main tuning knobs. See description later in this chapter of (55) SUB ORION is equipped with a manual notch RX and (56) MAIN RX for information on... -
Page 16: Preamp
28 through 34 in Figure 2-1 at the beginning (31) STEP of Chapter 2. Example: to select USB, press MODE then press button 34 (labeled The tuning step size for each receiver is ATTN) to select USB. adjustable in seven different steps, 1, 10, 100 Hz and 1, 5, 10, and 100 kHz. -
Page 17: Attn
Push and hold the MENUS button for two seconds. The four selectable steps of (off) or 6 dB, 12 dB words TEN-TEC ORION, the Ten-Tec logo, and 18 dB of attenuation. To activate, press the ATTN button. Pressing the ATTN button and the firmware version number will momentarily appear on the screen. - Page 18 “Left:” – is for routing audio to the left side of When selecting “BinRX:” on the menu, you stereo headphones. The available choices will notice that the headphone settings for are Main (main receiver audio), Sub (sub “Left:” and “Right:” will also change to receiver audio), and Both (main and sub whichever receiver you have selected receiver audio).
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Page 19: Vox
Figure 2-13 Plus 20 dB Equalization MIC button, and then use the MULTI knob to set the desired value. Some microphones, like the Ten-Tec Studio One, will require more gain as they have a lower than Ten- Tec’s standard model 706 communications desk microphone. -
Page 20: Alc
so, press the PWR button immediately after pushing the TUNE button. Power output will move from the low power setting to whatever level the PWR control has been set at with the MULTI knob. Repeat operation will require pushing TUNE then PWR again for the higher output value. -
Page 21: Pbt/Bw Encoder
Please read the section describing the can easily be cleared to zero. When the functions of buttons 55 (SUB RX) and 56 PBT LED is lit next to the encoder, press the (MAIN RX) before proceeding with the encoder in and hold for two seconds. The instructions for other controls. -
Page 22: Main Af Encoder
move one edge of the filter at a time towards The SUB AF receiver gain can be muted by or away from the center of the passband. pushing the encoder. When muted, the top This can be especially useful for rejecting half of the bargraph display on the screen adjacent frequency interference. -
Page 23: And (51) Lck
VFO B>M stores the frequency and mode return to main receiver functions, press the from VFO B to a selected memory channel. MAIN RX button. DELETE is to delete a stored memory with There is also a step size jump function no other action taken. -
Page 24: Vfo A Enter
(58) VFO A ENTER change keypad. To change, press and hold the A/B button for two seconds. ORION allows for direct frequency entry from the keypad for either VFO. To enter a frequency into VFO A, press VFO A ENTER and then use the keypad to enter a frequency. -
Page 25: Ant
(61) ANT 1 (63) DC IN ORION is equipped with three antenna This is the dc input connector. ORION connectors; two for transceive, one for requires 23 amps at +13.8 Vdc nominal for receive only. ANT 1 is for connection of a 100 watts output power. -
Page 26: Amp Key
TX OUT 2 and TX EN 2 are used for a full the corresponding QSK loop IN and OUT break-in linear amp using ANT 2. jacks on your amp. On a Ten-Tec QSK amp, TX OUT is connected to KEY IN and TX OUT and TX EN should be connected to... -
Page 27: Vdc
(consult the operator’s MENUS. Both transverter support manual of your non-Ten-Tec QSK amp for connections are activated via the TX menu. the proper loop information). See chapter 4 for complete information and To use the full break-in keying loop, it must diagrams on connecting a VHF or UHF be enabled from the MENUS. -
Page 28: Ext Spkr
(80) AUX I/O Figure 2-17 Band Data Connector Pin-Outs 80M 160M GND AUX +13.8V Figure 2-19 Rear Panel AUX I/O pin out The AUX I/O jack is an 8-pin DIN receptacle used for interfacing accessory device Figure 2-18 below is a sample example of requiring audio in/out connections, FSK controlling a relay from the individual pins. -
Page 29: Remote
Complete computer control of the ORION is possible via the SERIAL DATA connector. A programmers reference guide and the latest version of the radio firmware are located on Ten-Tec’s firmware update site at www.rfsquared.com Brief instructions on upgrading your transceiver are provided in Chapter 4. -
Page 30: Chapter 3 - Menu System
Chapter 3 – MENU SYSTEM (TX) TX MENU ORION is equipped with a series of menus, The TX menu is used for controls related to each clearly labeled, for various transceiver the ORION transmitter. They are described settings. Most often used functions are line-by-line below. -
Page 31: (Cw) Cw Menu
through the ANT 1 or ANT 2 connectors. transmit. A higher value represents more The XVRT KEY jack for keying of the transmit/receive delay between individual transverter is also activated when this menu transmitted CW characters. selection is turned to ‘on’. Internal Keyer can be turned on and off via Also see the transverter connection and the menu system if desired. -
Page 32: (Vox) Vox Menu
Key PTT in SSB determines whether or not (RX) RX MENU the ORION can be put into SSB transmit mode by a closure to the front or rear panel Figure 3-4 RX Menu key jacks. If set to “on”, pressing a CW key (or some other closure to ground connected either of the key jacks) will put the radio into transmit in SSB modes. - Page 33 low and the receiver gain comes up, as do Hardware NB allows the hardware noise the signal levels. Decay is used to blanker available for the main receiver to be determine how fast the IF gain increases in turned on and off. This additional noise the absence of a signal above the threshold blanking system for the main receiver only value.
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Page 34: (Other) Other Menu
(OTHER) OTHER MENU SWEEP in Chapter 2). The real-time spectrum sweep on the main receiver can be turned on and off. USER 1 and USER 2 are duplicates of the front panel USER 1 and USER 2 buttons (see (21) USER 1 and USER 2 in Chapter 2). -
Page 35: (Ssb) Ssb Menu
the rate, but not the step size, of the RIT set to 3000 Hz and L.F. Rolloff is set to 200 encoder. The “fast” rate is 4x the “slow” Hz, the frequency response of the tuning rate. transmitted signal is 200 Hz on the low end to 3200 Hz at the high end. - Page 36 used at all times. The available choices are re-adjust these unless you do a subsequent 20 kHz, 6 kHz, 2.4 kHz, 1.8 kHz (if installed), master reset of the radio. 1 kHz, 500 Hz (if installed), 250 Hz (if installed). For automatic selection of appropriate roofing filters, put the Xtal Filter setting on AUTO.
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Page 37: Chapter 4 - Operation And Accessory Connection Examples
Chapter 4 – OPERATION AND radio. A complete description is provided in ACCESSORY CONNECTION EXAMPLES Chapter 2 under (2 –7) ANTENNA ASSIGNMENTS. BASIC TRANSCEIVE OPERATION OPERATING SPLIT FREQUENCY Refer back to the operating instructions in Chapter 2 for (8 – 13) VFO ASSIGNMENTS. Often DX stations will be listening on one The most important point to consider is that frequency while transmitting on another. -
Page 38: Operating The Automatic Antenna Tuner (If Installed)
14.200 MHz, the tuner may require re-tuning submenu under MENUS. and can be activated again with the TUNE feature. Some QSK linear amplifiers incorporate the use of a full break-in keying loop. Ten-Tec linear amplifiers use a full break-in keying 565 manual September 2003 Part #74279... -
Page 39: Tuning Up An External Linear Amplifier
Connect TX OUT 1 to the keying loop input different, distance from the microphone will on your amp. On Ten-Tec amplifiers, the vary. What we intend below is to describe corresponding jack is marked KEY IN. - Page 40 For more well-rounded transmit audio, start the transmit bandwidth at 3.0 kHz (3000 Hz). The ORION default value for this setting is 3000 Hz. The next control to adjust is L.F. Rolloff, also found in the SSB menu. L.F. Rolloff refers to “low frequency rolloff”.
- Page 41 Different microphones will amateurs for SSB communication. require more or less gain. The Ten-Tec However, FCC regulation 97.307(a) requires model 706 communications desk amateur stations not to occupy more...
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Page 42: Setting Up Orion For Am Transmit
PEP output power collector data keying. Check with setting in AM operation. A value of 100 the Ten-Tec service department for details. would correspond to 100 watts PEP AM output, or 25 watts carrier power maximum. -
Page 43: Diversity Reception
First, a definition of “diversity reception”: VHF/UHF 565 TRANSCEIVER TRANSVERTER Radio reception in which a signal is obtained by combining or selecting signals, from two V/UHF RX RX ANT (Split or more independent sources, but which antenna COAX may vary in their fading characteristics at mode) V/UHF TX XVRT RF... -
Page 44: Weak Signal Dx Reception And Contest Operation And The Orion
The ORION is now set up for diversity radios simply won’t use Orion to its reception with the main receiver and maximum capabilities. transmitter on ANT 1 and the subreceiver on An important point to ponder: There is no ANT 2. one setting for RX combination (defined For low band DXing, it may be desirable to as roofing filter, DSP bandwidth filter,... - Page 45 Of course, if you have a pileup 1 kHz away, signal DXing purposes the perhaps a tighter roofing filter is warranted programmable AGC value is probably the to keep those loud callers from only setting that the operator should compromising close-in performance. consider using.
- Page 46 signal) – ideally, you want to adjust this to menu. Make sure the signal you are just before the clipping point for maximum listening to is zero beat at the CW offset copy of the weak signal. you have selected. So, all that being said, how about a “set-it- Contest operation is a little different.
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Page 47: External Cw Output Plus Cw Keyer Operation From Paddles
bandwidths needed for optimal contest on signal and noise at that particular operation. moment. Each operator will use or not use it to taste. Programmable AGC can also be of tremendous value as it gives the operator EXTERNAL CW OUTPUT PLUS CW the ability to determine in their head what KEYER OPERATION FROM PADDLES large signal strengths can be... -
Page 48: Upgrading Orion Over The Internet
RX menu. Check setting of RF gain controls for main or sub receivers. Ten-Tec’s firmware update site is located on the Internet at URL www.rfsquared.com Try a set of headphones in case the speaker has failed. - Page 49 The Ten-Tec model 701 hand microphone This lead needs to be as short as possible. will not operate in VOX mode.
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Page 50: Chapter 5 - Specifications And Technical Description
Chapter 5 – SPECIFICATIONS AND TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION 565 ORION HF TRANSCEIVER – SPECIFICATIONS GENERAL: Frequency range: SUB RX 100 kHz-30 MHz, Specifications apply > 1.8 MHz; TX & MAIN RX 1.8-2.0, 3.5-4.0, 5.25-5.40, 7.0-7.3, 10.1-10.15, 14.0-14.35,18.068- 18.168, 21.0-21.45, 24.89-24.99, 28.0-29.7. Tuning Step Sizes: 1, 10, 100, 1k, 5k, 10k and 100 kHz Frequency Stability:... - Page 51 Line-level Output: 0 dBm into 600 ohms. RX Notch Filters: IF DSP, > 50 dB depth, adjustable width. Notch affects S-meter. Auto-Notches: IF DSP, Multi-tone, adjustable on each receiver. RX Noise Reduction: IF DSP, adjustable on each receiver. MAIN RECEIVER: SSB Sensitivity: <0.18 µV typical for 10 dB SINAD at 2.4 kHz BW, pre-amp on.
- Page 52 SUB RECEIVER: SSB Sensitivity: 0.35 µV typical for 10 dB SINAD at 2.4 kHz BW. SSB & CW Selectivity: 590 IF DSP filters - 100-6000 Hz BW. AM Selectivity: IF DSP filters – 4 & 6 kHz. FM Selectivity: Ceramic filter - 15 kHz. IP3: +5 dBm typical, 20-kHz spacing.
- Page 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. Current Drain: 25 A max. 565 manual September 2003 Part #74279 Printed in USA...
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Page 54: Hardware Information
HARDWARE INFORMATION Subassembly Location The transceiver comprises 13 printed circuit The centrally located motherboard (A11) board subassemblies plus one optional connects the logic board (A7), keypad board subassembly, as Figure 5-1 shows: (A8), and other front panel parts with the I/O (A0) and rear connector (A12) boards which populate the rear panel. -
Page 55: Signal Path - Subreceiver
sensitivity despite unavoidable filter losses. jack on the I/O board through cable 3, or to The amplified and band-limited signal feeds the PA (A2) via cable 8. the IF converter board (A5) via cable 16. From A2 the path to the LPF board is via A5 provides conversion to the 2 cable 7. -
Page 56: 565 Manual
Figure 5-2 Subassembly Cabling 9MHZ IF RFCNV IFCNV +12v A13 SWEEP (Optional) AUTO TUNER ENCODER 1 ENCODER 2 KEYPAD PWRDST ANTENNAS(3), KEYING LOOPS(2), DC IN, FUSE, AMP KEYS(2), XVRT(2), BAND DATA(2) REAR PANEL CONNECTORS: p/o A11 MBRD WIRE CABLES SPKR, KEY, AUX I/O, SUBRX REMOTE,... - Page 57 Figure 5-3 Plan View of ORION Chassis A2 PA A2 PA RFCNV OPTIONAL A11 MBRD IFCNV SYNTH UNDER SPKR A13 SWEEP A7 DSP & A8 KEY A7 DSP & A8 KEY FRONT PANEL FRONT PANEL TOP VIEW BOTTOM VIEW 565 manual September 2003 Part # 74279 Printed in USA...
- Page 58 Figure 5-4 Main Receiver Signal Path 9MHZ IF RFCNV IFCNV A13 SWEEP +12v (Optional) AUTO TUNER ENCODER 1 ENCODER 2 ANTENNAS(3), KEYING LOOPS(2), DC IN, KEYPAD PWRDST FUSE, AMP KEYS(2), XVRT(2), BAND DATA(2) p/o A11 REAR PANEL CONNECTORS: WIRE CABLES SPKR, KEY, AUX I/O, SUBRX...
- Page 59 Figure 5-5 Subreceiver Signal Path 9MHZ IF RFCNV IFCNV A13 SWEEP (Optional) AUTO TUNER ENCODER 1 ENCODER 2 p/o A11 ANTENNAS(3), KEYING LOOPS(2), DC IN, KEYPAD PWRDST FUSE, AMP KEYS(2), XVRT(2), BAND DATA(2) REAR PANEL CONNECTORS: SPKR, KEY, WIRE CABLES AUX I/O, SUBRX REMOTE,...
- Page 60 Figure 5-6 Transmit Signal Path 9MHZ IF 9MHZ IF RFCNV RFCNV IFCNV IFCNV A13 SWEEP A13 SWEEP (Optional) (Optional) AUTO AUTO TUNER TUNER ENCODER 1 ENCODER 1 ENCODER 2 ENCODER 2 KEYPAD KEYPAD PWRDST PWRDST ANTENNAS(3), KEYING LOOPS(2), DC IN, ANTENNAS(3), KEYING LOOPS(2), DC IN, FUSE, AMP KEYS(2), XVRT(2), BAND DATA(2) FUSE, AMP KEYS(2), XVRT(2), BAND DATA(2)
- Page 61 Figure 5-7 Major ORION Cables Ass'y From Function & Name Direction Type Name Assy ID # Sub Rx Ant In RG174 Sub Rx Main Rx Ant In RG174 Main Rx XVERT Out RG174 Main Rx Main Rx Audio Out RG174 DSP/CPU Tx RFOut RG174...