[TenTec] Orion Power Meter Pegging

[Martin AA6E]

Mark,

The meter is driven by a D-to-A converter from the Orion CPU, so it's 
displaying whatever value the computer wants.  Hopefully it has
something to do with actual power, but you don't know!

Also, the meter is terribly underdamped mechanically, so it overshoots
by at least 10% when you key the transmitter.  I don't see mine quite
pegging itself, but it comes close. TT could compensate for this in
firmware if they wanted.  Think of it, a menu setting for meter time
constant... Maybe a different one for each operating mode...Ouch.

73, Martin AA6E

--- Mark Erbaugh <mark at microenh.com> wrote:

> I just made my first CW QSO with the Orion where I ran full (100w)
> power. I
> noticed that at the beginning of a transmission, the meter would peg
> as I
> could hear it hitting the stop.  It quickly dropped back to 100w. I
> was
> transmitting into my triband beam which has a pretty low (< 1.5) SWR.
>  My
> rise time was set at 8 ms, I was keying at 16 WPM.
> 
> 73,
> Mark
> 
> 
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