i am glad to hear that Paul. i am about to purchase the LDG for my second
Orion. i bought the first with tuner and 500 Hz filter. i want to make the
second the same. jack ak7o
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul W. Gallier" <p.gallier@comcast.net>
To: "Ten-Tec" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 8:54 PM
Subject: [TenTec] LDG OT-11P Tuner for Orion II
> Steve:
>
> I recently installed the OT-11 tuner in my Orion and had no trouble. The
> installation is a cinch. One wire was soldered (I guess the 13 v.) and
> the rest was one plug connection (for control, I guess) and two mini coax
> connecters for the rf in and out of the tuner. The most time was taking
> off all the Torx screws at the back. Total time about 1 hour.
>
> Operation was immediate after firing up. The "socking" of relays at first
> made me wonder, but they work fast. Like they say, coming back to a
> previous frequency, it only takes 1-2 seconds. One can request a complete
> new search for a tune by multiple pushing of the TUNE button. The SWR
> bridge must be different than Orion's, so you may see a bit different SWR
> after tuning compared to the Orion when transmitting. This is my first
> autotuner. It apparently cannot find the absolute min SWR like a manual
> one can. Sometimes it will settle for a 1.5 or 1.6 SWR. But much of the
> time it will find a 1.0 SWR.
>
> It works.
>
> Paul, WQ1C
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