[TenTec] Orion 2 auto tuner and 2.041SW observations

[tperry]

Mike,

Same here. I just acquired a Orion II/566AT. I've been running through its
paces, and have yet to notice a major discrepancy in performance. 

Great radio.

Terry
W3QJ 

-----Original Message-----
From: info4mjs at att.net [mailto:info4mjs at att.net] 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 3:51 PM
To: tentec at contesting.com
Subject: [TenTec] Orion 2 auto tuner and 2.041SW observations



Hi,
Since I managed to raise the center of my 80M dipole another 15' today (now
at 50'), I had to recalibrate my manual antenna tuner settings (I added
another 20' of ladder line) now that I am clear of some branches.

In doing so, I checked out the internal auto tuner.  I noticed that I had no
problems tuning up to a "somewhat" matched antenna via my manual tuner.  As
long as I didn't change bands, the tuner continued to indicate a tuned
situation even if the antenna was not matched (confirmed by a network
analyzer).  Depressing the tune button disabled the tuner and removed the
tuned indication.  Depressing it again caused it to retune.

I've been running version 2.041 off and on since its release.  I haven't
experienced any problems with the display using any color selection.  I
primarily use SSB and I use FM (1W) to manually tune my antenna.  I send a
lot of traffic through the serial port and usually leave the radio on for
several hours at a time.  The display conditions that I've read about
haven't been seen on my radio.

Mike, WA1SEO



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