[WT-support] Clicking on Spots

[Bob Wilson, N6TV]

For the archives, W4SVO now reports that setting both VFOs to the same CW
mode fixed the problem of USB or LSB CW being selected when clicking on
spots, while using his Ten Tec Orion.

73,
Bob, N6TV

On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 5:34 PM, Bob Wilson, N6TV <n6tv at arrl.net> wrote:

> A similar USB/LSB CW issue was reported by NQ4I in the past.  Maybe he
> remembers how he fixed it.
>
> For reference, see:
>
> http://lists.f5mzn.org/pipermail/support/2011-October/081593.html
> http://lists.f5mzn.org/pipermail/support/2009-May/077534.html
>
> First, make sure you have the correct radio type selected ("Tentec Orion"
> or "Tentec Orion II"), and that both VFO A and B on the radio are in the
> same mode (LCW).  Manually do this on every band.
>
> There's a note in Release.txt from seven years ago that talks about this:
>
> - CW-Reverse mode added for some Radios:
>  - Orion
> - All kenwood Radios supporting CW-Reverse
>  - All radios using a Kenwood-based protocol which are supporting
>   CW-Reverse (Elecraft, SDR-1000).
>  - All Icom which are supporting CW-Reverse.
> - FT-1000MP/MkV, FT-2000, FTDX-9000
>   Other rigs can be considered as far as the protocol can handle it.
>   Please tell us!
>   There is no setting in WT in order to enable/disable this feature.
>   Just set the CW Reverse on the radio, WT will remember that setting
>   for the next time the mode must be programmed onto the radio.
>
>
>
> Does the click on spot problem continue?  If so, try using OmniRig<http://www.dxatlas.com/omnirig> to
> control the radio, rather than Win-Test.  First disable the radio COM port
> in Win-Test Interfaces Configuration, and change the radio type to OmniRig
> (bottom of same dialog).  Then display the Radio 1 bandmap, right click on
> it, and select "OmniRig Properties".   In the pop-up dialog for OmniRig,
> manually set the radio type to TenTec Orion, and set the COM port
> properties to match the baud rate of the radio.  The defaults for the Orion
> are 57600,8,N,1,RTS=Handshake (or HIGH), DTR=HIGH.
>
> If the band map tracks the radio frequency OK, does the problem go away?
>  If not, edit "C:\Program Files(x86)\Afreet\Omnirig\Rigs\TenTec Orion.ini"
> with a text editor, find pmCW_U and pmCW_L command values, and make them
> match.  Save the .ini file and restart Win-Test.  The problem should
> finally go away.
>
> 73,
> Bob, N6TV
>
> On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 5:06 PM, Mark Luhrman <w4svo at att.net> wrote:
>
>>  When I am on 160, 80 and 40 I click the spots and it goes to UCW not
>> LCW. When I am on 10, 15, and 20 it goes to LCW and not UCW. Just the
>> opposite of what it should be. Using Ten Tec Orion. How do I fix this. Mark
>> W4SVO
>>
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