[TenTec] FW: Re: Orion II Curiosity

[Barry LaZar]

-----Original Message-----
From: Barry LaZar [mailto:k3ndm at verizon.net]
Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 10:20 AM
To: Duane A Calvin; k3ndm at arrl.net; tentec at contesting.com
Cc: tentec at contesting.com
Subject: Re: Re: [TenTec] Orion II Curiosity


Duane,
     I have the power meter in line right after a good coax switch and
before a Tentec 300 watt dummy load that I used to test. I wanted to make
sure that both radios saw the same load.
     I've had some interesting input that I need to double check. I'll do
that tonight, barring something unforseen. I'll post what I see. Thanks.

73,
Barry
K3NDM



>From: Duane A Calvin <ac5aa at juno.com>
>Date: Sun Jan 08 19:45:22 CST 2006
>To: k3ndm at arrl.net, tentec at contesting.com
>Cc: tentec at contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion II Curiosity

>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
>
>
>On Sun, 08 Jan 2006 19:29:25 -0500 "Barry LaZar" <k3ndm at arrl.net> writes:
>>         The way I'm lashed up here in the shack has a power meter
>> continuously on
>> line. I looked up to see how much I was putting out with the Orion
>> II and
>> discovered that I was showing about 35-50 watts average on SSB. I
>> changed
>> mode to CW and found I was putting out about 105-110 Watts.
>>         I changed over to my Kenwood TS-50 which I have used to
>> reach out and touch
>> people all over the world to see what I would read with it. I
>> discovered
>> that the average was about 75 watts.
>>         I went back to the Orion II to see if I missed something in
>> my setup, mic
>> gain or something. Nothing I played with seemed to allow me to kick
>> up more
>> power. I played with the speech processor and the mic gain. All I
>> could see
>> was that I was affecting the ALC, not much else. OK folks, what am
>> I
>> missing?
>>
>>
>>
>> 73,
>> Barry
>> K3NDM
>>
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