Re: [TenTec] Orion Power Meter Pegging

["Steve Baron - KB3MM" <SteveBaron@StarLinX.com>]

What did steady state power indicate?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Erbaugh" <mark@microenh.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 23:18
Subject: [TenTec] Orion Power Meter Pegging


> I just made my first CW QSO with the Orion where I ran full (100w) power.
I
> noticed that at the beginning of a transmission, the meter would peg as I
> could hear it hitting the stop.  It quickly dropped back to 100w. I was
> transmitting into my triband beam which has a pretty low (< 1.5) SWR.  My
> rise time was set at 8 ms, I was keying at 16 WPM.
>
> 73,
> Mark
>
>
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