[TenTec] Orion's break in

Carl Moreschi n4py2 at earthlink.net
Wed Nov 16 03:50:37 PST 2011


Are you sure that is relay noise and not an actual receiver chirp from 
the AGC action?

Carl Moreschi N4PY
121 Little Bell Dr.
Hays, NC 28635
www.n4py.com


On 11/15/2011 10:53 PM, art davis wrote:
> The key word there is "most". The T/R relay in my Orion 565, which operates with every character, is so noisy I can hear it in the next room when the sidetone is turned off. I wouldn't characterize it as "clacking" though, more like chirping. And it makes the noise when the relay relaxes, not on the make. VERY annoying! I'll bet that's what he's talking about.
>
> N4UC
>
>> Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:40:48 -0500
>> From: n4py2 at earthlink.net
>> To: tentec at contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion's break in
>>
>> The antenna relay always follows the keying.  But for most Orion's, the
>> antenna relay noise is barely audible.
>>
>> Carl Moreschi N4PY
>> 121 Little Bell Dr.
>> Hays, NC 28635
>> www.n4py.com
>>
>> On 11/14/2011 8:32 AM, Floyd Sense wrote:
>>> I delayed both - no difference.
>>>
>>> K8AC
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11/14/2011 8:22 AM, Barry N1EU wrote:
>>>> I only tried delaying one of the EXT TR relays and it made no
>>>> difference on the relay clacking - I didn't try delaying both of them.
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 8:04 AM, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP<Rick at dj0ip.de>    wrote:
>>>>> Barry, if you delay those relays, they won't follow the cw keying and they won't clack.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Barry N1EU
>>>>> Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011 2:00 PM
>>>>> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
>>>>> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion's break in
>>>>>
>>>>> Right, but he's asking specifically about the audible relay clacking.
>>>>>
>>>>> Barry N1EU
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 7:51 AM,<d.e.warnick at comcast.net>    wrote:
>>>>>
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