I'm confident that not every GMC employee drives a Caddy. <<<I bet not even every employee of Ten Tec owns an Orion.>>> Some time back a member of this list did an informal poll about this and found
Another source of Ten-Tec lineage from the late Paul Valko: http://mywebpages.comcast.net/w8kc/lineage.htm 73, Mike N4NT -- Original Message -- From: "AD5VJ Bob" <rtnmi@sbcglobal.net> To: "'Carl More
Wonder if you are dividing by 10 or instead dividing by 5 followed by dividing by 2, if that's possible. Happy New Year, Mike N4NT Hola... It's gray, muddy and out and out nasty outside.. great time
The Astron RS-35s made before about 2001 did not have the negative post grounded to the chassis of the supply. This allowed RF to enter through the negative post and be fed right into the regulator.
Your semi-annual Astron tip... People come and go from this reflector. This is a reminder that many troubles with Astron power supplies can be cured by grounding the negative post to the cabinet. I d
Perhaps it would help you to remember that the PTO's have a line which offsets their output by some 10kHz when operating 10 meters, at least in the Triton and black Omni rigs, perhaps others. I don't
Dim memory (I've slept since then) is that it was recommended to replace the keyer speed pot with a linear one and vice versa if it is already a linear one. Seems the "audio" pots didn't work well in
Most of the Ten-Tec rigs with dial cords rely upon a section of elastic cord which Ten-Tec calls "bungee" cord. The bungee pulls the pointer to the left. Over time the bungee loses its elasticity. Wh
N4LQ came up with an "Old Indian Trick" for putting the dial skirt back onto the shaft. He made a loop of dental floss and hooked the loop over the end of the D-spring. The loop worked great to open
Take note that there are two models of noise blanker for the Argosy rigs. Be sure you are getting the right one if you are lucky enough to find one at all. 73, Mike N4NT out
If it is made like the bandswitch wafers, there is a disc on each side of the contacts. The discs have holes about 1/8 or 3/16 inches in diameter into which one can spray ever so slightly little Cram
Further to my reply to Ed, here is what Ten-Tec has recommended in the past: For initial contact cleaning, both for switches and potentiometers, use Cramolin R-5. For lubrication of the contacts ther
And even further... The first link below didn't work. Go here: http://store.caig.com/s.nl?sc=2&category=188&search=cramolin then select Reference OLD to NEW Products. And another last thought. On the