i am glad to hear that Paul. i am about to purchase the LDG for my second
Orion. i bought the first with tuner and 500 Hz filter. i want to make the
second the same. jack ak7o
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul W. Gallier" <p.gallier@comcast.net>
To: "Ten-Tec" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 8:54 PM
Subject: [TenTec] LDG OT-11P Tuner for Orion II
Steve:
I recently installed the OT-11 tuner in my Orion and had no trouble. The
installation is a cinch. One wire was soldered (I guess the 13 v.) and
the rest was one plug connection (for control, I guess) and two mini coax
connecters for the rf in and out of the tuner. The most time was taking
off all the Torx screws at the back. Total time about 1 hour.
Operation was immediate after firing up. The "socking" of relays at first
made me wonder, but they work fast. Like they say, coming back to a
previous frequency, it only takes 1-2 seconds. One can request a complete
new search for a tune by multiple pushing of the TUNE button. The SWR
bridge must be different than Orion's, so you may see a bit different SWR
after tuning compared to the Orion when transmitting. This is my first
autotuner. It apparently cannot find the absolute min SWR like a manual
one can. Sometimes it will settle for a 1.5 or 1.6 SWR. But much of the
time it will find a 1.0 SWR.
It works.
Paul, WQ1C
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