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Re: [TenTec] Omni VII, Antenna tuning, etc.

To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni VII, Antenna tuning, etc.
From: "Carter, K8VT" <k8vt@ameritech.net>
Reply-to: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 08:08:09 -0400
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Bob McGraw - K4TAX wrote:

 I noticed "smoke coming out of the box".  I opened it up to discover
 the tapped inductor and it's plastic structural supports to be stinky
 gooey brown limp bars.  Fortunately the stiffness of the wire held
 things in reasonable shape.  Although the tuner didn't arc or
 flash-over, as far as a 1.5KW PEP power rating, it isn't. {Name
 omitted to protect the guilty.}

I hope you have some mighty fine justification to "protect the guilty". ;-)




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