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[TenTec] Orion SWR protection

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Subject: [TenTec] Orion SWR protection
From: n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith)
Date: Fri May 9 11:03:01 2003
At 02:09 PM 5/9/03 +0000, you wrote:
>The Orion has protective circuitry to limit the current in the finals to a
>safe value. There is no point where SWR "fold back" occurs.  It just won't
>let the current in the finals get too high.  This is an excellent protection
>method.


Sure is -- so THAT's what the "22 amps in-range, not to exceed 25 amps 
otherwise" means -- the finals can't soar by more than 3 amps.  Thanks for 
clearing that up, Carl!


73, Pete N4ZR
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