Why do I use Ten-Tec rigs? Long story. . . In 1961 as a kid of 16 I built a Heathkit Apache transmitter and Mohawk receiver. For antenna switching I could choose between a Dow-Key relay for $11.95 or
The 580 Delta's display counter counts the PTO and the BFO oscillators and prescales for the band, as I recall. Other Ten-Tec rigs also count the band crystal. This causes the frequency of the displa
I think you have a veritable wealth of misinformation there. The power switches in the Ten-Ten rigs provide a circuit closure to the two center pins of the molex power connector. They are designed to
I've got a Drake 2B / 2BQ and a DX-60 / HG-10 that'll be right down your alley, Ken. If the Wright Brothers had your ultra conservative bent, airliners wouldn't need wings. 73, Mike N4NT etc. that ar
If the trouble is that the pointer will not go all the way to the left, order the little piece of "bungee cord" from Ten-Tec Service. You will not have to restring the dial cord, just replace that bu
I'm sure glad I'm a CW man! 73, Mike N4NT is inputs ground as Another The L2. being output signal and 3 I ends, the provide connectors I the connected source/mike, balanced here
Hi Duane-- You might want to add a little choke inside the tuner where the 12 V lead enters, as well as a bypass cap if there isn't already one there. If the fan is creating the buzz, then coupling i
I cannot raise the unofficial pages on qsl.net -- then again, I cannot connect with www.qsl.net at all. Does anyone know if this is just a temporary problem? 73, Mike N4NT
On back panel is antenna switch. Go to and fro with that switch to clean contacts. Good Luck! 73, Mike N4NT signal on all bands ;I presently work 10-20 meters . (2)A very loud tone on 18.000.0 which
In about 1974, Motorola introduced a VHF-FM marine radio dubbed the Triton. It came in black or white. There was a 25 watt model and either a 10 or 15 watt model. That was the origin of the trouble.
Hi, Paul-- Count me as another one who believes iambic keying is the work of the Devil ! The more I practiced with it the worse I got -- regardless of the speed. I've used an old single-lever W8FYO k
It has been a long time since I was a teenager, but I have vivid memories of seeing RTTY stations in operation. The smell of the hot rectifiers and the oil, along with the clacking, were hypnotic. Th
If it doesn't already have it, add the model 220 SSB filter to your list. It is the 8-pole filter to replace the stock 4-pole filter. Of all the changes I've made to my Argosy rigs, this filter makes
The Omni-C displays the actual receiver frequency. To receive a signal on 7030 kHz, my display will read 7030.8 or so to give me an audio note for the received signal. The transmit frequency of a pro
The 238 matches the Corsair II, the Omni V and the Omni VI. The 229 matches the older Omni rigs. If you want a 229, let me know. 73, Mike N4NT@charter.net shape,
The D-104 with the crystal element is a very good match for the Triton. If your base has the amplifier in the bottom, then best bet is to just bypass that amplifier and run the microphone element dir
The tip is Push-to-Talk. The ring is mic-high. The sleeve is ground. You can remember it this way: If the ring were the PTT, then that voltage would be applied across the microphone element as the pl
I had such a problem. The trouble was caused by the guy wires on my tower. Over time a coating formed on the tower, preventing good contact with the guy wires. What that seemed to do was to mix AM br