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1. [TenTec] Orion RF issue (score: 1): Author: "Natan Huffman" <W6XR@Frontiernet.net>; Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:16:16 -0500; Ladies and Gentlemen, Today I took delivery of an Orion with version 2.056 firmware and integrated, with great ease, the rig into the station. Unfortunately I am having an issue while on 80 meters wh; /archives//html/TenTec/2007-01/msg00766.html (8,354 bytes)
2. Re: [TenTec] Orion RF issue (score: 1): Author: "Larry Menzel" <retire@means.net>; Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:26:47 -0600; I agree with others on this, it seems that the only time I suffered from this was with very high swr, significant voltage drop, or the wrong antenna. The Orion must have a solid 25 amp supply, so if; /archives//html/TenTec/2007-01/msg00767.html (10,011 bytes)
3. Re: [TenTec] Orion RF issue (score: 1): Author: "Richard Detweiler" <rdetweil@hotmail.com>; Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:36:26 -0600; I have to agree with Larry on the power supply voltage. I resolved this issue by insuring that the voltage remained above 12.6 during transmit. A slightly higher SWR will cause more current to draw f; /archives//html/TenTec/2007-01/msg00768.html (12,137 bytes)
4. Re: [TenTec] Orion RF issue (score: 1): Author: "Carl Moreschi" <n4py@arrl.net>; Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:38:57 -0500; You definitely should not have your tower ground and house ground tied together. Even a nearby lightning strike can cause the two grounds to develop very large voltage differences. Having these tied; /archives//html/TenTec/2007-01/msg00769.html (11,024 bytes)
5. Re: [TenTec] Orion RF issue (score: 1): Author: "Robert Carroll" <w2wg@comcast.net>; Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:40:57 -0500; Without going through all the details--I had a similar issue and found that I had too long a power supply cable and too many unnecessary things in the line, all of which continued to voltage drops wh; /archives//html/TenTec/2007-01/msg00770.html (12,990 bytes)
6. Re: [TenTec] Orion RF issue (score: 1): Author: Gary Tuck <gtuck@mac.com>; Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 08:42:11 -0800; You might read K4IA's post yesterday responding to N1VS whose screen faded in transmit. I used to get a flicker on my display when transmitting until I took his advice several months back to insure a; /archives//html/TenTec/2007-01/msg00771.html (9,571 bytes)
7. Re: [TenTec] Orion RF issue (score: 1): Author: "dw" <bw_dw@fastmail.fm>; Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 09:01:35 -0800; Hi Natan, My doublet is also up 50' and half of it runs almost directly over the house, and zero RF problems with Jupiter at full tilt. And the rig is not grounded at all. Just the Power Supply to ho; /archives//html/TenTec/2007-01/msg00773.html (10,700 bytes)
8. Re: [TenTec] Orion RF issue (score: 1): Author: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>; Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 09:03:17 -0800; Absolutely you should ground your tower to your shack, as well as to your AC ground with no less than a #4 conductor, which I believe is an NEC requirement. The problem arises when there is a lightni; /archives//html/TenTec/2007-01/msg00774.html (13,127 bytes)
9. Re: [TenTec] Orion RF issue (score: 1): Author: "Natan Huffman" <W6XR@Frontiernet.net>; Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 12:10:19 -0500; Thanks for the thoughts, however: 1/ The voltage at the rear panel of the Orion is 13.8 VDC under full load and the supply is good for at least 70 amps. 2/ The white out does not happen when transmit; /archives//html/TenTec/2007-01/msg00776.html (12,538 bytes)
10. Re: [TenTec] Orion RF issue (score: 1): Author: "dw" <bw_dw@fastmail.fm>; Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 09:13:29 -0800; I agree totally. My brother used to repair drilled well pump systems. There was a certain farmer who had a drilled well in the middle of a large pasture for watering his cows. That well-head gets ban; /archives//html/TenTec/2007-01/msg00777.html (13,917 bytes)
11. Re: [TenTec] Orion RF issue (score: 1): Author: "Glassrus" <glassrus@houston.rr.com>; Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:39:40 -0600; Having just moved from a hilltop QTH with 2 100' towers and a 1/4 wave vertical on 160... Nice setup. Will you adopt me? Paul N8NOV _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list; /archives//html/TenTec/2007-01/msg00780.html (8,090 bytes)
12. Re: [TenTec] Orion RF issue (score: 1): Author: Martin AA6E <aa6e@ewing.homedns.org>; Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:01:00 -0500; Try to transmit into a dummy load. If it's your DC connection (as suggested by others), your "white screen" should show up. Your DC current draw might be higher when feeding an antenna with VSWR > 1.; /archives//html/TenTec/2007-01/msg00781.html (10,747 bytes)
13. Re: [TenTec] Orion RF issue (score: 1): Author: Martin AA6E <aa6e@ewing.homedns.org>; Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:10:17 -0500; Aha. Well, then there might be something resonant at 80 M that is producing a high voltage at the rig. You could try disconnecting everything from the rig, except the antenna coax. (Grounds, mic cord; /archives//html/TenTec/2007-01/msg00782.html (9,314 bytes)
14. Re: [TenTec] Orion RF issue (score: 1): Author: "Jeff Griffin" <kb2m@comcast.net>; Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:25:34 -0500; I had a similar problem on 40m. Drove me crazy for some time, finally found it was the remote pod. I found out when I disconnected it at the radio, the RF problem totally went away... 73 Jeff kb2m __; /archives//html/TenTec/2007-01/msg00785.html (8,808 bytes)
15. Re: [TenTec] Orion RF issue (score: 1): Author: "Natan Huffman" <W6XR@Frontiernet.net>; Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:46:48 -0500; Sorry, Only room for the grandkids now. 73 Natan Having just moved from a hilltop QTH with 2 100' towers and a 1/4 wave vertical on 160... Nice setup. Will you adopt me? Paul N8NOV -- No virus found; /archives//html/TenTec/2007-01/msg00789.html (8,881 bytes)
16. Re: [TenTec] Orion RF issue (score: 1): Author: "dw" <bw_dw@fastmail.fm>; Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:51:05 -0800; Paul, If you had gotten in, I would have been jealous! ;~) -- dw dw@sover.net _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mai; /archives//html/TenTec/2007-01/msg00829.html (10,116 bytes)
17. Re: [TenTec] Orion RF issue (score: 1): Author: "dw" <bw_dw@fastmail.fm>; Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:56:53 -0800; Are you still not using the Pod Jeff? Hint Hint.... Duane On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:25:34 -0500, "Jeff Griffin" <kb2m@comcast.net> said: -- dw dw@sover.net ______________________________________________; /archives//html/TenTec/2007-01/msg00830.html (9,200 bytes)
18. Re: [TenTec] Orion RF issue (score: 1): Author: "Gary Hoffman" <ghoffman@spacetech.com>; Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 15:28:36 -0500; NEC says all grounds must be bonded. I doubt it has anything to do with this issue though. I agree with others on this, it seems that the only time I suffered from this was with very high swr, signif; /archives//html/TenTec/2007-02/msg00007.html (10,249 bytes)
19. Re: [TenTec] Orion RF issue (score: 1): Author: "Gary Hoffman" <ghoffman@spacetech.com>; Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 15:30:46 -0500; Aside from the NEC requirement, if the two grounds are Bonded (heavily) then there is NO voltage difference at all. Not so ? You definitely should not have your tower ground and house ground tied tog; /archives//html/TenTec/2007-02/msg00008.html (11,362 bytes)
20. Re: [TenTec] Orion RF issue (score: 1): Author: "Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>; Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 12:54:50 -0800; With lightning, you'll never create a true "no voltage" situation between any two points, but you can reduce the voltage differential to the point that it will prevent damage by using heavy, low-resi; /archives//html/TenTec/2007-02/msg00009.html (13,939 bytes)

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