I don't know about the rant, but the technical problem seems to be the
voltage rating of the ceramic disk capacitors used to bypass RF on the HV,
which are located on the meter shunt board. IIRC the original caps are
rated at 3 kV, which is fairly close to the working DC voltage. Mine blew
up because they were too close to the chassis, and I could see the burn
marks where the arc happened. I replaced the caps with 6 kV units and have
had no problem after 6-7 years. Charles mentioned that he will be using 10
kV caps which will give him an extra measure of safety.
Ron N6IE
www.N6IE.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill NY9H" <ny9h@arrl.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 12:44 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] K4VUD & Titan 425
> AM I THE ONLY ONE TO STILL BE IN THE DARK????
>
> bill
>
>
>
> At 11:37 AM 10/25/2007, you wrote:
>>Ron, you go on at length about Charles's so called "rant" which I have
>>read,
>>and then you don't expect comment following your post? That seems
>>disingenuous to me. As for Charles, he should have posted his problem
>>right here.
>>
>>*"If you haven't seen it: Trust me. You won't like it."
>>
>>I disagree. I think Charles has a legitimate complaint. His problem is
>>not
>>the first of this sort.
>>
>>73,
>>
>>Rob / K5UJ
>>
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