[TenTec] Orion Receive Antenna Input

[Sinisa Hristov]

Merle Bone wrote:
 
> Does anyone know if the Receive antenna input on the Orion is disconnected
> from the receiver during transmit? If so,
> does it reconnect when the receiver is turned on when the transmitter is in
> QSK mode? If not, is the receiver protected from a strong signal input on
> the receive antenna while the transmitter is operating?


AUX RX (if selected) stays connected to RX input during transmissions.
Board A3 (RF Converter) has a pair of antiparallel diodes that will
protect main RX, at least until they get destroyed.

It would be wise to connect a 50-Ohm terminated scope probe
to your RX antenna and learn about actual level during transmission.
It may well be that in your case actual level is safe.


73,

Sinisa  YT1NT, VE3EA