Bob,
My antenna is one of L.B. Cebik's favorite, an 88' doublet, center fed with
300 ohm twinlead. Deed restrictions prevent a tower with gain antenna on
it.
Certainly the Ten-Tec receiver is a plus ( the 540 and 544 are the same of
course ), the skill is that of the operators who QSO with me.
I think a new ham would do well buying any used Ten-Tec as a first venture
into HF, less than $300 buys a lot. For awhile, owned a 509 and made lot of
QSOs on CW and SSB with less than 2W out ( isn't the 509 receiver similar
to the 540? )
73, Curt KB5JO
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bwana Bob" <wb2vuf@verizon.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Cc: "Richards" <jruing@ameritech.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2012 11:56 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Older rigs
>I think the answer is two factors, three if you count operator skill:
>
> (1) Use of CW. Even the oldest xmtr or comparable power can put out a
> clean CW signal.
>
> (2) Low noise receiver, no digital hash or synthesizer phase noise.
>
> Also, what antenna do you use?
>
> 73,
> Bob WB2VUF
>
>
> On 8/10/2012 7:59 PM, Richards wrote:
>> Well... just think... I bet you could have knocked those
>> down in half the time, with a newer TT rig... ;-)
>>
>>
>> [But seriously, folks,... congratulations, and well said.]
>>
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>> On 8/10/2012 7:51 PM, Curt wrote:
>>> Not sure why, but remain impressed by capabilities of my older Ten-Tec
>>> rigs
>>> ( 540, 544, 546 ). With little effort this afternoon, Bulgaria,
>>> Gibraltar,
>>> Slovenia, Slovak Republic in about 30 minutes using the 544 on cw. Not
>>> many
>>> bells and whistles, still FB.
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