[TenTec] Help please , Orion with Alpha 91B

[A. Sewell]

Bob / Pete,

What do you guys recommend the EXT T/R Delay be set to on the Orion? 0 %?

Alan  N5NA

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From: <ac5e at comcast.net>
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Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 4:04 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Help please , Orion with Alpha 91B


> Hi Bob, I guess I will have to re-read what I wrote. Sometimes with two
grandkids, two dogs, and Kritter the hamshack cat buzzing around what I
write does not come out all that clearly. Especially because the five pets
suffer more or less from jealosy.
>
> But the ONLY way I ever used the 87A is with the single shielded cable
from the Orion to the Alpha, with keying loop off.
>
> I have no experience with the 91B, but my comments should have read that
IF the 91B switches as fast as the 87A the only thing you need is a shielded
cable. There are other ways of doing things, but that's what I try first on
any amplifier and it usually works quite well.
>
> 73  Pete Allen  AC5E
>
> --
> Never squat with your spurs on
>
>
> > Pete
> >
> > I'm flumoxed by your comment on the 87A.  The 87A is as fast a QSK amp
> > as I've ever seen.  It's awful with Ten Tec loop keying, because it
> > switches too fast for it.  My 87A with my Orion is good to better than
> > 100wpm, not that I send that fast.  When loop keyed it clips the
> > tail-end of character elements and is awful even at 18wpm.  Doesn't the
> > Titan still use a vacuum relay, which is why it needs loop keying in the
> > first place.
> >
> > Bob, 5B4AGN, P3F
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