[TenTec] Orion & Tune button

[Tommy]

Right !! My RF Applications power meter shows the same thing. The 
Orion's RF output indication is a relative indication.

Tom - W4BQF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Carroll" <rlcarroll at patmedia.net>
To: "'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 8:09 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion & Tune button


> 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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