[TenTec] ORION II relay clicking CW?

[Bruce McLaughlin]

I've only had my Orion II for about a week but I was wondering about the
same thing.  It is rather noisy.  And I am a bit alarmed about the meter
slamming into the pin when sending CW at the 100 watt level.  I sure
hope it isn't being abused.  It is no problem when driving an amp
because I need only about 20 watts.  But full power barefoot operation
is something else.  Although my experience with it is obviously limited,
overall, it appears to be a very nice radio and a very good DX sniffer.
Now if it could only find DX all by itself . . . . 

Bruce - W8FU

-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of dbp at tds.net
Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2007 10:14 AM
To: tentec at contesting.com
Subject: [TenTec] ORION II relay clicking CW?

Hi-
 My other Ten Tec rigs all seem to have silent Morse keying using the
internal keyer but, with the ORION II I hear a keying relay click with
each CW element I send. No big thing, but I prefer the silent sending of
the other rigs. Is this typical or do I need to locate the relay and
lift it off the board? Or maybe a setting I have missed somewhere?
73 de Dave in NH  K1OPQ
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