[TenTec] Orion & Tune button

[Steve Baron - KB3MM]

What do you get?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George" <w2yj at highstream.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 00:07
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion & Tune button


> This senerio does not happen to my Orion.
> George  W2YJ
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mark Erbaugh" <mark at microenh.com>
> To: <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 12:25 PM
> 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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