Gary Green is definitely with Ten Tec. I spoke with him last Friday about my
Herc II . A real gentleman and always very helpful. But of course all Ten Tec
Technicians
are the same.
Dave/ WA6CQJ
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill NY9H<mailto:ny9h@arrl.net>
To: tentec@contesting.com<mailto:tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 6:46 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Bill Greene & my Herc II
gary greene was a big help as i replaced the output devices in my hercules II.
I certainly hope that he retired, as he was a compendium of Herc knowledge,,,
maybe he'll check in here and advise us he is still there...or perhaps
enjopying retirement.
bill ny9h
At 08:04 PM 12/19/2004, you wrote:
>Ten Tec has been selling Centurions for a long time and probably sold a
>lot of them.
>
>I have been very happy with mine. It was originally sold in June 1995 to
>K7TS who, as I recall, replaced it with a Titan. I bought it from him in
1997.
>
>A TT tech, Gary Greene, suggested to me in 1997 a mod for it to correct a
>design defect in early Centurions. I replaced the power supply resistors,
>those in parallel with the filter capacitors, with some of a higher
>voltage rating. He sent me the resistors free of charge. I don't recall
>having arcing with this amp, but that may be the source of the arcing
>problem reported in the QST review.
>
>As far as I know, Gary Greene is no longer with Ten Tec.
>
>I'll bet someone on the reflector has both amps and can give a good
>comparison.
>
> Jim N4AL
>
>HENRY PFIZENMAYER wrote:
>
>>Like to hear some opinions on the new Centurian versus the Titan III If I
>>am gonna order the Centurian , I want to do it this week.
>.
>. snip
>.
> One thing > that continues to pop out at me is the number of Centurians
>>for sale used - always wonder why - surely 1000 vs 1500 watts
>>is not the issue.
>
>In a different message:
>
>I was somewhat concerned about the QST review that said they had arcing -
>that was about 1992 - so I would assume by now if that was an issue Tentec
>would have it resolved. (I tried to get some info from ARRL/ the guy who
>did the review but so far no answer..
>
>
>>Thanks - Hank K7HP
>
>
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