[TenTec] Re: About the ACOM/Orion

[Lawrence Stoskopf]

Come on guys, admit the real reason that you see a thread combining the 
Orion and ACOM.  You have to be able to afford and Orion to consider the 
ACOM 2000!  Or, if you can afford and ACOM (or it's near relation, the 
Alpha), you can afford an Orion. 

As for operation.  Plug in and forget, except when like me (who can't seem 
to get the Orion and SteppIR antenna to talk) you have a high antenna SWR 
and it burps and needs a reset.  The burp to say "Dummy, give me a load I 
like."  The backup amp, an AL1200 would just sit there and get hot depending 
upon a very tough 1200 tube. 

N0UU 

> I am very curious about the ongoing thread on the Orion and the ACOM.
> (The ACOM is a high-end linear amplifier?) Please, would someone take a 
> moment and provide a brief summary of the ACOM, in particular what makes 
> it unique and attractive overall. There seems to be a number of Orion 
> owners who are using it.