[TenTec] ORION CW question

[Richard Detweiler]

It seems the sound of the reed relay varies for many of us, some a louder 
than others,

Mine is barely audible.

If it is really bad,  might want to compare with another Orion to see if it 
needs to be sent back.

Best 73's
Rich
K5SF

>From: "G.C." <g.crosta at tin.it>
>Reply-To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec at contesting.com>
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>Subject: [TenTec] ORION CW question
>Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 09:26:57 +0100
>
>Hi dear friend,
>
>I just received my new TT Orion RTX with the antenna tuner option.
>Now I'm spending the spare time to study the operating manual and learning 
>all the Orin features.
>I'm mainly a CW user and during my first QSO I noted an annoying sound 
>during the TX.
>The sidetone is set to 5, speaker is off, nevertheless I listen "like a 
>small relay" click sound located close to the
>rear and on the right side of the apparatus, near the ant outputs.
>After sending each dot or line there is this "bit" sound that is very bad.
>So, any other ham has experienced with this problem?
>
>Please let me know your comments and suggestion. Thanks.
>
>Ciao de Beppe IZ2ABU
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