- 281. Re: [TenTec] Argosy I "Thump" (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Hyder -N4NT-" <Mike_N4NT@charter.net>
- Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 20:52:30 -0400
- I had a protracted exchange with a fellow whose Argosy was bothered by broadcast band transmissions. His trouble may have been from the standard AM broadcast band. He resolved the trouble by adding a
- /archives//html/TenTec/2006-08/msg00521.html (9,184 bytes)
- 282. Re: [TenTec] Century 21 (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Hyder -N4NT-" <Mike_N4NT@charter.net>
- Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 21:23:56 -0400
- I've rebuilt six or seven of the PTO's. Only one needed the rebuild kit. I really doubt if yours does. 73, Mike N4NT and maybe they not? closed for _______________________________________________ Ten
- /archives//html/TenTec/2006-08/msg00618.html (8,792 bytes)
- 283. Re: [TenTec] Two rigs, same antenna at same time? (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Hyder -N4NT-" <Mike_N4NT@charter.net>
- Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 22:26:05 -0400
- You can also use a cubical quad antenna with separate feedlines for each band. 73, Mike N4NT one unpack the file. recordings. _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTe
- /archives//html/TenTec/2006-08/msg00653.html (9,096 bytes)
- 284. Re: [TenTec] About 3 prong plugs??? (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Hyder -N4NT-" <Mike_N4NT@charter.net>
- Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 02:40:13 -0400
- I believe that white is neutral. I'd switch black. 73, Mike N4NT the (black _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailm
- /archives//html/TenTec/2006-08/msg00666.html (7,345 bytes)
- 285. Re: [TenTec] Argosy Microphones (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Hyder -N4NT-" <Mike_N4NT@charter.net>
- Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 19:16:59 -0400
- The basic microphone was a model 700, methinks. It had no connector at the rig end. Two other versions were available (like the 701 and 702 but probably not those numbers) that had connectors. One wa
- /archives//html/TenTec/2006-08/msg00712.html (7,697 bytes)
- 286. Re: [TenTec] Cleaning Switches (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Hyder -N4NT-" <Mike_N4NT@charter.net>
- Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2006 20:57:51 -0400
- 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
- /archives//html/TenTec/2006-09/msg00043.html (8,867 bytes)
- 287. Re: [TenTec] Cleaning Switches (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Hyder -N4NT-" <Mike_N4NT@charter.net>
- Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2006 21:36:15 -0400
- 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
- /archives//html/TenTec/2006-09/msg00047.html (9,562 bytes)
- 288. Re: [TenTec] Cleaning Switches (my very last post on this) (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Hyder -N4NT-" <Mike_N4NT@charter.net>
- Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2006 21:49:48 -0400
- 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
- /archives//html/TenTec/2006-09/msg00048.html (10,583 bytes)
- 289. Re: [TenTec] Century 22 Question (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Hyder -N4NT-" <Mike_N4NT@charter.net>
- Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 22:43:32 -0400
- Don't know if you are aware of them but Almost All Digital Electronics (AADE) sells some frequency counter/display units. You can check them out here: http://aade.com Specific information for use on
- /archives//html/TenTec/2006-09/msg00091.html (8,437 bytes)
- 290. Re: [TenTec] 546 Omni C Questions (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Hyder -N4NT-" <Mike_N4NT@charter.net>
- Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 17:04:07 -0400
- Actually I believe the AGC is audio derived. That is why the audio CW filtering works so well. The ALC limits the transmitter output. Full clockwise sets the limit at maximum. It decreases as the ALC
- /archives//html/TenTec/2006-09/msg00247.html (9,075 bytes)
- 291. Re: [TenTec] Model 262 power supply (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Hyder -N4NT-" <Mike_N4NT@charter.net>
- Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 17:23:15 -0400
- Check the Triton II. A photo is here: http://www.lbp.fr/ham/TTcollection.htm 73, Mike N4NT _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.conte
- /archives//html/TenTec/2006-09/msg00330.html (7,974 bytes)
- 292. Re: [TenTec] Model 262 power supply (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Hyder -N4NT-" <Mike_N4NT@charter.net>
- Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 17:26:15 -0400
- Another link about the Triton II: http://kb.tentec.com/index.php?article=42 73, Mike N4NT _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.contes
- /archives//html/TenTec/2006-09/msg00331.html (7,783 bytes)
- 293. Re: [TenTec] Triton IV on 17 meters? (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Hyder -N4NT-" <Mike_N4NT@charter.net>
- Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 21:51:48 -0400
- I don't know for sure but can tell you that it uses the same mixing scheme as the black Omni rigs. Those rigs will not properly work 17 meters because they use a 9 MHz IF. The local oscillator operat
- /archives//html/TenTec/2006-09/msg00339.html (7,612 bytes)
- 294. Re: [TenTec] 262 Power Supply (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Hyder -N4NT-" <Mike_N4NT@charter.net>
- Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:39:23 -0400
- The 262 and that genre did not have a crowbar circuit to protect your equipment from overvoltage. If you have a circuit failure in the supply, you are likely to get 25 volts output to the rig. Ten-Te
- /archives//html/TenTec/2006-09/msg00351.html (9,824 bytes)
- 295. Re: [TenTec] Identifying Filter Boards (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Hyder -N4NT-" <Mike_N4NT@charter.net>
- Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 10:31:15 -0400
- The Argosy rigs also came stock with a 4-pole SSB filter (9 MHz), just as the first Corsairs did. Replacing the filter with the model 220 8-pole made a huge improvement in the Argosy, both on CW and
- /archives//html/TenTec/2006-09/msg00467.html (8,903 bytes)
- 296. Re: [TenTec] Argosy 525 Tuning LED (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Hyder -N4NT-" <Mike_N4NT@charter.net>
- Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 22:00:43 -0400
- I'm not sure but would think it operates like the analog dials on the rest of the Ten-Tecs. If so, the dial's movement depends on an elastic "bungee" section of the dial cord. Over time, that elastic
- /archives//html/TenTec/2006-09/msg00646.html (8,223 bytes)
- 297. Re: [TenTec] Questions on Corsair II (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Hyder -N4NT-" <Mike_N4NT@charter.net>
- Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 08:53:44 -0400
- 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
- /archives//html/TenTec/2006-10/msg00247.html (9,359 bytes)
- 298. Re: [TenTec] Questions on Corsair II (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Hyder -N4NT-" <Mike_N4NT@charter.net>
- Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 18:21:07 -0400
- The best (?) suggestion was to use Easy-Off oven cleaner to clean the PTO and PAM to lubricate it. 73 Mike N4NT Corsair! _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@con
- /archives//html/TenTec/2006-10/msg00259.html (8,908 bytes)
- 299. Re: [TenTec] Dial Cords (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Hyder -N4NT-" <Mike_N4NT@charter.net>
- Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 14:06:01 -0400
- 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
- /archives//html/TenTec/2006-10/msg00489.html (7,959 bytes)
- 300. Re: [TenTec] Dial Cords (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Hyder -N4NT-" <Mike_N4NT@charter.net>
- Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:39:07 -0400
- 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
- /archives//html/TenTec/2006-10/msg00495.html (9,386 bytes)
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