I've a spare turns counter recovered from a Collins tuner. When I'm in the
box for the cap change, I'll look at adding the turns counter.
73
Bob,K4TAX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry N1EU" <barry.n1eu@gmail.com>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] 238 Tuner Mod
> Sounds like a great mod Ron. Another really cool mod I saw on a 238
> was replacing the tuning dial with a turns counter. I haven't seen
> that one documented though. One of these days I might get together
> with the skillful local ham who did it and document it.
>
> 73,
> Barry N1EU
>
> On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 11:28 PM, Ron Castro <ronc@sonic.net> wrote:
>> I few months back, I modified my TT 238 tuner by changing out the disc
>> ceramic caps with surplus Soviet military doorknob caps, which
>> dramatically improves the power handling capability on 160 and 80 meters.
>> Heating used to cause the SWR to 'drift', even at 100 Watts in some
>> situations on 160. The mod worked well, and if anyone is interested, I
>> have all the details and pictures on my website at www.n6ie.com.
>>
>> 73,
>> Ron N6IE
>> www.N6IE.com
>>
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