At 05:33 AM 5/9/03 -0400, you wrote:
>The specification of "25 amperes" covers ORION's performance under all
>specified
>conditions, but if your antenna impedance is between 50 and 100 ohms,
>including
>moderate reactance, a 22-ampere power supply will run ORION at close to
>full power. If
>you must have full power under all specified conditions, ORION needs 25
>amperes.
>
> Simple answer is, full rated power at SWR 2.0:1 and below.
This looks suspiciously like a similar statement in my Mark 5 manual, but
the Mark 5's protection kicks in rapidly and rather below 2:1 indicated,
while that in the TS-930 comes into play more gradually. I guess I could
have asked the question better -- how aggressively does the Orion ACTUALLY
reduce the output power as the SWR approaches 2:1, and what part does
reactance play in that? Presumably, it isn't just a question of 25-100
ohms resistive... what is "moderate reactance," to borrow the term used in
the manual?
73, Pete N4ZR
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