My experience has been "yes".
I think in this case, the 20A was the critical point because the
older TT P.S. all deliver 20A and the Orion needs more on some
bands.
-Rick
-----Original Message-----
From: David McClafferty [mailto:ve1adh@yahoo.ca]
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 11:12 PM
To: Rick@dj0ip.de; tentec@contesting.com
Subject: RE: [TenTec] Orion Freezing + Current Drain
Don't all solid-state rigs do this? The transistors
are less efficient on some frequencies.
Dave, VE1ADH
--- Rick Westerman <Rick@dj0ip.de> wrote: > Update on
measured current drain:
>
> In the upcoming ORION test in Funkamateur magazine,
> the testers
> found the current drain to be band-dependent. They
> measured
> between 18 and 23.8 amps (at 13.8v) for full power
> out.
>
> 73
> Rick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of
> John Rippey
> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 2:03 PM
> To: tentec@contesting.com
> Subject: [TenTec] Orion Freezing
>
>
> >John,
> >
> >The 961 and 962 don't really handle enough current
> to run the
> >ORION (to full power).
> >You need 24A for an ORION and the two older units
> cut off at
> 20A.
> >
> >73
> >Rick
> Rick:
>
> Thanks for the info. I was wondering about that
> after I sent in
> the
> comment. The ORION manual says without 25 A the
> transmitter may
> put out
> less than 100 watts. I guess that means an Astron
> linear :-)
>
> Anyhow, I may be old fashioned, but I would be just
> a little more
> comfortable using a linear with the Orion.
>
> 73,
> John, W3ULS
>
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