[TenTec] Orion on AM

[nq5t at comcast.net]

The Orion is an excellent AM exciter.  I use mine in that mode driving an AL-1200, audio from a Symetrix 528E and EV RE-20 through the AUX input.

It automatically sets the output power to maintain 100% AM modulation with no clipping, and in that regard makes set up very easy.  I usually tune the amp with a CW or FM carrier to somewhere between 1000 and 1500 watts out, and then just swtich the mode to AM.  You don't have to refiddle with the RF OUT level, since it will automatically cut back.

Don't forget to open up the transmit audio bandwidth a bit in the SSB Menu if the band isn't crowded :-)

Grant/NQ5T


> > Anybody have any experience with using the Orion on AM? 
> > I want to get on AM on 160M just a little and am looking for a way which 
> > will not offend (too much) the Plate Modulated guys. I can follow the 
> Orion 
> > with a couple of hundred watts from the Hercules II when I get the Orion 
> and 
> > try this. Just wondering.