[Orion] Orion - how with ALC?

[Richard Cardwell]

Gang

I am sorry to hear that the Orion does not include an external ALC control 
feature. All theother radios I know have this feature, so I am surprised to 
say the least.

Does this mean the Orion II will not be conpatible with my Quadra? I can set 
the power to 80 watts or so, but the Quadra seems to use ALC contorl to 
manage some SWR problems it may run into.

Rich AA2BY

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <HeathlinerSB at aol.com>
To: <orion at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 5:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Orion] Orion - how with ALC?


In einer eMail vom 29.11.2005 22:00:18 Westeuropäische Normalzeit schreibt
n4py at arrl.net:

The ALC  in the Orion is internal only.  There is no external ALC on any
tentec  radio.  You simply adjust the "PWR" level on the Orion for the
correct  drive level when in CW mode.  Then in SSB, the drive level will
never  be more than this value.  You then adjust the mic gain level until 
the
red ALC light on the Orion flickers on voice peaks.   This  will never
overdrive your amplifier as long as the steady state PWR level  is correct
for CW mode.

Carl Moreschi N4PY
Franklinton,  NC
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Milan Gütter>; "OK1FM"  <ok1fm at ges.cz>
To: <orion at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday,  November 29, 2005 3:53 PM
Subject: [Orion] Orion - how with  ALC?

It seems to me very dangerous:
If you are at "High Power", 100W, for working barefoot and then push the
Tune switch (should be 20W), tuning starts with 100W and then -slowly- power
goes down to 20 W.
The same situation is, if you send with 100 W, then switch to RX,  reduce
power to a suitable level (let say: 50W for PA-driving) and TX again: You 
will
start transmitting with full power, and the rig reduces slowly to  50W.
I never had problems with my amp, it seems to be bulletproof. But i would
not like to do this with a transistorized amp.
Vy 73, Randolf, DL6KAI


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