i have had the Orion quit transmitting in the middle of a transmission a
couple times ...turning it off and back on again fixed the problem for the
moment ...it is a funny feeling to note that TX all of a sudden stops and
there is nothing but off and back on again to get back on the air ...jack
----- Original Message -----
From: "A. Sewell N5NA" <n5na@arrl.net>
To: <TenTec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 4:37 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Orion & SSCW - Comments?
> Any comments on how the Orion performed in SS this past weekend?
>
> I don't have any deep technical comments but mine performed great! I
never
> remember being able to pull out so many weak signals. I could always find
a
> spot to squeeze into. I even found the noise blanker will take out key
> clicks!
>
> I did have two interesting occurances. I was CQing with no takers so quit
> and tuned up the band. I discovered I wasn't hearing anything but noise
yet
> there were all kinds of signals on the sweep display. I cycled the power
> and the signals returned. This only happend once.
>
> Another time no one was answering my calls. I checked and had zero output
> power. Again, cycling the power returned everything to normal.
>
> 73,
>
> Alan N5NA
>
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