[TenTec] Tuner for the Orion II

[Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP]

Steve,

A quarter wavelength long piece of wire has about 50 Ohms.
A half wavelength long piece of wire has about 2500 Ohms.

An 80m dipole has about 50 Ohms on 80m.
If you try to use it on 40m, it has about 2500 Ohms.

If you would like advise about a tuner, you're gonna have to be a little
more specific than "wire antennas".

If you mean an 80m resonant dipole, fed with coax, and tuning from 80 cw to
75 phone, then just about any tuner on the planet will do, including the
Orion II's tuner.

73
Rick, DJ0IP


-----Original Message-----
From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Steve
MIller
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 4:38 AM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: [TenTec] Tuner for the Orion II

I am thinking of purchasing the internal tuner for the Orion II and am
looking for comments on how well it works.   It would primarily be used to
match the wire antennas when tuning from cw to phone segments or vice
versa.....not to try to match wet ropes!    Thanks very much for your help
and comments.  73 Steve N0SM _______________________________________________
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