[TenTec] LDG OT-11P Tuner for Orion II

[Paul W. Gallier]

Steve:

I recently installed the OT-11 tuner in my Orion and had no trouble.  The installation is a cinch.  One wire was soldered (I guess the 13 v.) and the rest was one plug connection (for control, I guess)  and two mini coax connecters for the rf in and out of the tuner.  The most time was taking off all the Torx screws at the back.  Total time about 1 hour.  

Operation was immediate after firing up.  The "socking" of relays at first made me wonder, but they work fast.  Like they say, coming back to a previous frequency, it only takes 1-2 seconds.  One can request a complete new search for a tune by multiple pushing of the TUNE button.  The SWR bridge must be different than Orion's, so you may see a bit different SWR after tuning compared to the Orion when transmitting.  This is my first autotuner.  It apparently cannot find the absolute min SWR like a manual one can.  Sometimes it will settle for a 1.5 or 1.6 SWR.  But much of the time it will find a 1.0 SWR.   

It works.

Paul, WQ1C