[TenTec] Orion 2 / Hercules 444

[Jim Brown K9YC]

On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 11:21:00 -0500, Speer, Doug wrote:

>I own two of the old original Hercules 444 Ten-Tec amplifiers

You need to find a "pre-delay" keying output from the Orion. This 
corresponds to the keying line in the older Ten Tec rigs with which 
the 444 was designed to work. I don't know if the Orion has this, 
but I'd be surprised if it doesn't. The K2, K3, the FT1000-series 
radios, and the TS850 all do. The Omni V has it, but you have to go 
inside the radio and get it (from a terminal strip on one of the 
boards). 

And you need to feed the RX antenna output from the 444 to the 
Orion's RX antenna input. 

73,

Jim K9YC