Re: [TenTec] ALC Indicator

[Bob Henderson <bob@cytanet.com.cy>]

Frank,
I don't see the ALC behaviour here that you have observed with your 
Orion.  On CW my ALC light illuminates whenever I key the rig, 
regardless of power level.  On SSB whether it illuminates or not depends 
largely upon mic gain level as would be expected.  I haven't seen the 
band change problem you describe either.

Sorry that's not much help, other than you now know they don't all do it.

73  Bob, 5B4AGN

Frank Skinner wrote:

> In my earlier post I forgot the rig. It is an Orion 565AT but also discovered something else. While operating 40 meters CW one morning I tried to changes bands. Everytime I changed from 40 meters I got the same frequency reading (save 40 meters) 000.000. I turned the rig off and on and the problem cleared up but I have never subscribed to the method of cycling the power off and on as a viable work around for a problem.
>
> Was wondering if anyone has experienced the following. I noticed when 
> switching from SSB to CW modes the ALC light will not come on until a 
> couple of seconds (2 to 7 seconds) of operating in the new mode selected. 
> It does not seem to matter when switching from CW to SSB or SSB to CW. 
>
> I also noticed on 21 mhz as well as 24 and 18mhz the ALC light will not 
> operate at all when operating at 100 watts. If I turn the pwr down it 
> will begin to light with the cw. It does not seem to matter if the tuner 
> is in line or not. A master reset did not have an effect on the problem 
> either. The rig seems to operating normal when in CW without the ALC 
> light blinking on and off but does have an effect on SSB (as far as I can 
> tell). I am really puzzled by this one and any help or comments will be 
> appreciated.
> v/r Frank (KA4JQZ)   
>
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