[TenTec] Orion II S meter

[garyh]

Dukes Hifi your absolutely correct.


I tried that adjustment and quickly saw the power output reading was 
wrong.  I hooked up my wattmeter and set it to agree with actual power 
output.


I then played with AGC threshold and as I lowered the threshold the S 
meter dropped. I did see that I could not lower threshold below .35 on 
any AGC setting or I would have been able to ge meter back to zero. I 
have repaired many radios but this unusual AGC system made me do some 
thinking.


I did mark that pot before adjusting and noticed proper adjustment was 
in a different place than it was. Probably some previous owners 
screwdriver drift.


Thanks all and I am enjoying the Orion II .  I would enjoy it more if 
Tentec service was more approachable. I worked for them for 5 years in 
the good times and really miss the culture of the old Tentec.


Thanks


Gary K4MT