[TenTec] Orion Freezing + Current Drain

[Rick Westerman]

Update on measured current drain:

In the upcoming ORION test in Funkamateur magazine, the testers
found the current drain to be band-dependent.  They measured
between 18 and 23.8 amps (at 13.8v) for full power out.

73
Rick

-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of John Rippey
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 2:03 PM
To: tentec at contesting.com
Subject: [TenTec] Orion Freezing


>John,
>
>The 961 and 962 don't really handle enough current to run the
>ORION (to full power).
>You need 24A for an ORION and the two older units cut off at
20A.
>
>73
>Rick
Rick:

Thanks for the info. I was wondering about that after I sent in
the
comment. The ORION manual says without 25 A the transmitter may
put out
less than 100 watts. I guess that means an Astron linear :-)

Anyhow, I may be old fashioned, but I would be just a little more
comfortable using a linear with the Orion.

73,
John, W3ULS

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