I operate mainly CW and love my Corsair II (especially for it's superb QSK) - except for two annoyances: "By playing with the controls we can at least roughly approximate the origin of the main noise
Dan, You will need a new kob (quite sure that TT still has some on stock), but then the following mod will solve the problem forever: Exactly at the setscrew mark on the bandswitch shaft drill a 0.1"
David, ... the bandpass filters (assy. #80976) are used both on receive and on transmit. Check the TX output power into a dummy-load on every band. If the CII supplies full power on 160m with identic
Hi, an elbug with two levers is called squeeze- or "iambic" keyer. Squeezing the levers initiates a dot-dash or dash-dot sequence dependent on the lever that's been pressed first. "Iambic" is derived
interference" Jim, I follow the BPL discussion in your country with great interest. In Europe that dirty technology is called PLC (Power Line Communication) and here in Germany we had to face that t
... this reed-relay does not switch the antenna to the receiver, it only disconnects the rf final from the antenna during receive. A pair of cheap rectifier diodes type 1N4007, which indeed have the
The Ten-Tec PTO Rebuild Kit instructions are erroneous: Only 2 washers #51006 are supplied and used during re-assembly, labeled D & F on page 5 of the instructions, whereas the original PTO used 3 wa
Most modern DSP transceivers exhibit a substantial delay between paddle closure and CW sidetone. When running high-speed CW this delay disturbs the human ear<>hand control circuit: the operator's exp
Absolutely right ! I do not want a radio that looks like all that HiFi junk. And apart from that the black color would only bring disadvantages ... 73 Karl, DJ5IL
That sounds very promising, except for the intended black case color - ugh ! Please do not try to imitate that uniform look of most Japanese transceivers, I am sure there are many HAMs out there like
A few weeks ago I managed to get hold of a mint conditioned Corsair II with all filters. I am having so much fun with it that my TS-870 went into the cabinet for a time out. The only weak spot is the