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Re: [TenTec] Happy Orion owners (was question about updates)

To: "'Ron Castro'" <ronc@sonic.net>,"'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'" <tentec@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Happy Orion owners (was question about updates)
From: "Grant Youngman" <nq5t@comcast.net>
Reply-to: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 17:46:05 -0500
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> The issue of not being able to adjust the AM power is a 
> problem since most modern amps run 1500 Watts out for 55 
> Watts in. Since AM PEP = 4 x carrier power, 13 Watts carrier 
> is the most drive you should use, which is what I have always 
> done in the past.

Depends on your amp.  Many modern amps still require close to 100 watts
(carrier) for 1500 Watts out. 

The Orion II must still provide a minimum of 25 watts carrer with 100 watts
PEP at 100% modulation to be useful.  Which it did just fine on 2.032.

Grant/NQ5T 





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