One day this will all come together ... Hard Lesson #1. If you use the QSK keying loop with the PIN switch in an Ameritron amp, then you BETTER MAKE SURE you have the loop set to ON in the Orion menu
Grant, Did you have a series diode in the keying line from the amplifier ? Reason why I ask is if the diode is there then nothing should get back to the amp when it is not used. Terry W6RU
Grant, Would you expand the above please ... as your saying that if you want to use the Orion, but with the AL1200 OFF ... you have to go into the Orion's MENU and turn the keying loop OFF also? Tha
Well, at least with the AL-1200. If the amp is off, the Enable line back to the Orion doesn't signal back to the Orion that it is safe to apply RF. Seems reasonable to me. I might put a relay on the
This is worth repeating...Ten-Tec's TX OUT/TX EN should only be used with amps that support such a key loop structure. Grant found out the hard way. Unless one is using an amp which uses a send and r
Grant, Thanks for the information! Mnnn ... Are/did you using a diode in the keying line at present? Or is the "Y" solid wiring? Wonder if the diode might be in the wrong portion of the "Y" ? <as in
Paul, W9AC, wrote, in part: The above is exactly the way I connected the Ameritron QSK-5 to my OmniVI+; and that is exactly the way my coming (when?, probably sometime in May, 2nd lot) Orion will be
The AL-1200 does support the key loop stucture and provides the necessary handshaking. It's working perfectly with the Orion's keying loop. The fact that I had a mind meld with a rock while initiall
I think I can understand what is happening here. The following applies if the PIN5 switch is the built into the amplifier. If it is an external box, some things may be a little different operationall
I stand corrected then...glad to see that the AL-1200/QSK has a separate send and return key line. I was assuming you had used the mod on the Alpha page verbatim. -Paul, W9AC
I use 2 AL1200s here with the "other brand" xcvrs... Both amps have the internal QSK boards (of slightly different design) The present setup <in use for 10+ years now> does NOT have the separate sen
Well, this thread has me scratching my head a bit. I no longer use my AL-1500 with the QSK kit, but my Orion works quite well with the single TX relay line connected, while the Centurion does just fi