Geroge : I've heard the switching P.S. from MFJ are good. The
Alinco has a lot of birdies on 160 & 75, but since I don't use
either band it's not problem fer me. My voltage drop on me with the ORION &
RS-35 is from 13.78 to 13.75 @ 100 watts CW . I think a .5 volts is unusual.
My RS-20 is the same with my ts- 2000 @ 100 wattsC.W. The Alinco drops .5-.6
full load. Since my antenna are CLOSE to my shack it has caused me to do
full reset on both the ORION & 2000 when running 500 watts so, I use it fer
portable
Ray Higgins W1JUS.
P.S Thx. fer info on using braid instead of the tiny wire ( Astron uses # 20
) fer the ground.
On 11/5/06, george fritkin <georgefritkin@yahoo.com> wrote:
I use my $4,000.00 ORION ll with the $99.00 MFJ switcher and all is well
and has been well. 13.6 volts DC is 13.6 DC assuming regulation and
filtering are there.
George, W6GF
----- Original Message ----
From: john <johnmb@nc.rr.com>
To: tentec@contesting.com
Sent: Sunday, November 5, 2006 6:26:32 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Astron and TenTec rigs (Paragon)
I seem to recall some users reporting problems with Astron PS's and tentec
gear (though for the life of me, I can't recall the details). I'm having a
problem in that using a 50A Astron (new filter cap) results in a raspy CW
sidetone note... sounds like 60hz but I cant be sure. It happens only when
on higher powers (>60watts) on all antennas (including dummy load) on all
coax, etc etc.
When I switch to a different supply (in this case, another Astron as bench
supply) all is well. The Omni VI that sits next to the Paragon on the
operating table has no issues. Swapping all cables with the perfectly
working Omni results in no change...Omni stays good, Para bad.
The Para has just made a round trip to Tentec and has a clean bill of
health.
The Para and omni is being fed through identical TT magnetic breakers.
Ideas? I'm stumped. I've got other supplies to use, but there should be no
reason for this!
John K5MO
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