Nothing wrong with doing that, and in fact it would be a good test to see if
my theory is right. The problem comes when you're not running a linear and
need full power, like at Field Day or in the NAQP contest. If you try that,
I would sure like to know what results you see!
Ron N6IE
www.N6IE.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Ewing" <martin.s.ewing@gmail.com>
To: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>; "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment"
<tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 9:21 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion ALC and power output indication meter
andspeechprocessing
> On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 12:09 PM, Ron Castro <ronc@sonic.net> wrote:
>
>> ...
>> That means that in order to drive a linear that requires 40 Watts of
>> drive
>> and have both internal ALC's properly controlling peaks, you would need
>> to
>> put a 4 dB attenuator on the output of the Orion and run it at 100 Watts,
>> or
>> reset the ALC level for 40 Watts of output power. Neither seems like a
>> great prospect!
>>
>
> What's wrong with setting the "power" level to 40 +/- as I do if I need
> reduced drive? I understand the CPU adjusts the peak level
> proportionately. The ALC light still lights.
>
>
>>
>> Ron N6IE
>> www.N6IE.com
>>
>> 73,
> Martin
>
> --
> Dr. Martin S. Ewing, AA6E
> Member IEEE, URSI, AAS, ARRL
> Branford, Connecticut
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