[TenTec] Orion & Tune button

[Robert Carroll]

My Orion meter reads 40w out, but the RF Applications power meter sees it as
18W.

Bob W2WG

-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
On Behalf Of Steve Baron - KB3MM
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 6:03 PM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion & Tune button

Got mine about a week ago.

I push tune and internal meter reads about 40 W.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "NJ0IP" <Rick at DJ0IP.de>
To: "'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 22:09
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion & Tune button


> NO!  My Orion puts out 20w in Tune mode.  It is my understanding that 20w
is
> also the designed value in Tune.  I discussed this with Scott because I
> wanted to have the power reduced to 15w instead of 20w.
>
> Everything else Mark wrote is correct.
>
> 73
> Rick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
> On Behalf Of Mark Erbaugh
> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 9:25 AM
> To: tentec at contesting.com
> Subject: [TenTec] Orion & Tune button
>
> Would some Orion owners check out this and confirm (or refute) what I see?
>
> I understand the operation of the TUNE button is that when you push it,
the
> Orion puts out approximately 40w for tuning. You push the TUNE button
again
> to turn it off (this is without the internal tuner, which I don't have).
> However, if you push the PWR button while in tune mode, the Orion will
> change to the output level set by the PWR value.
>
> Try this, set the PWR at 80 to 100 (full power). Hit the TUNE button. The
> Orion shows about 40 watts out. Hit the PWR button and the indicated power
> jumpt up.  Hit the TUNE button to stop the tuning. Now, hit the TUNE
button
> to start the tune process again. On my Orion, the meter indicates the
higher
> power level and then drops back to the 40 watt level.  However, this may
> just be the meter as an external meter indicates that the power output is
> constant at the 40 watt level.  This is when transmitting into a dummy
load.
>
> 73,
> Mark
>
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