[TenTec] Orion II and Ameritron QSK-5 and 811H

[Harry G. McGavran Jr.]

On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:47:54 -0700  "Harry G. McGavran Jr. " wrote:
> 
> I have a brand new Orion II I am trying to
> hook up for QSK CW using my Ameritron 811H
> and Ameritron QSK-5.
> 
> On the Ten-Tec web site is the following
> description of how to hook up a QSK-5:
> 
> ===============================================
> 
> Ameritron with the QSK 5:
> 
> Refer to Figure 2A in the QSK-5 manual. Key 2 goes to
> TX OUT on the Ten-Tec Transceiver. Key 1 and AUX jacks
> are connected together with a Y cable and the third
> leg of the Y goes to TX EN on the Ten-Tec Transceiver.
> 
> ===============================================
> 
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This was finally resolved by placing a 1N4001 diode in series
in the line from the QSK-5 AUX/KEY-1 to the Orion TX EN.  The
cathode of the diode is on the QSK-5 AUX/KEY-1 side and
the anode is on the Orion TX EN side.   Now it works as
it should...

	73 --

	Harry, W5PNY



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Harry G. McGavran, Jr.

E-mail: w5pny at arrl.net