[TenTec] Orion/AL-1200 QSK -- Hard lesson #1

[AC5E at aol.com]

Well, this thread has me scratching my head a bit. 

I no longer use my AL-1500 with the QSK kit, but my Orion works quite well 
with the single TX relay line connected, while the Centurion does just fine 
with the 
usual TenTec keying loop on output 2. (Yes, I do intend to add a Titan III.) 

>From experience I expect the AL-1500 will work as well on the Orion as it 
ever did on the various Omni's and brand X's I used with it. 

I suspect the operating principle here should be to remember the KISS 
principle. Radio builders usually build rigs for the general ham population 
so the reminder on the engineering department wall says Keep it Simple, 
Stupid.  

Not that the staff follows the rules but if simple doesn't work reading the 
instructions usually does. 

73  Pete Allen  AC5E