[TenTec] Orion II Curiosity

[Martin, AA6E]

I agree with the previous comments that good speech (hi fi!) will have
a very low average power, but should show occasional peaks to 100W. 
That is part of why you get the good audio reports with the Orion!  If
you want more "punch" and don't care so much about fidelity (dynamic
range), that's what the SP control is for.  Higher SP gives higher
average power and lower peak-to-average ratio.  But that's not hi fi. 
Your TS-50 may have some speech processing always on-line.

Full disclosure - I rarely run SSB with SP less than 2, and I still
get fine reports.

73 Martin AA6E

On 1/8/06, Duane A Calvin <ac5aa at juno.com> wrote:
> Barry,
>         It might help if you give more details on the meter, where it is
> placed and whether you have any SWR which might be reading differently on
> the Orion than on the TS-50.  If you have a dummy load, have you tried
> driving it into that?  Also, is your red ALC LED flashing on peaks like
> it should?  Finally, an indication of where the Orion's power meter runs.
>
>         Driving my Orion into a dummy load, my PowerMaster digital meter
> shows voice peaks at ~95W, and if I whistle, it reads 103-106W.  ALC LED
> flashing on voice peaks, power meter reads 100 (does not follow voice
> peaks, one of the weaker items in the Orion design.)  Hope this helps a
> little.
>
>         73,  Duane
>
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