I think your outbox is broken . . . This must be the 5th or 6th time we've seen the same post. 73, Duane Duane Calvin, AC5AA Austin, Texas www.ac5aa.com I ordered an Argonaut VI last week and j ust f
Jim, You're correct - the shipper is the one responsible for placing claims for shipment problems. A year or two back, there was a l-o-n-g running discussion of the various shippers on the Unofficial
Or, as Archie Bunker once said, do you know what beer goes through us so fast? Because it doesn't have to stop to change color! Duane Calvin, AC5AA Austin, Texas www.ac5aa.com Most Light Beers are
This was certainly true of the EIMAC tubes, as long as you cared well for them. I've not had as good a luck with the current Chinese-sourced tubes (specifically, the 3-500ZG's from RF Parts, which th
Sure, Carter. My Centurion came new with two RF Parts 3-500ZG's. This was fairly early in the life of this tube configuration (graphite anode variety) and manufacturer, and TT had just started advert
I don't think we're talking power out, but rather long-term reliability. At the time I had the two pairs of RF Parts 3-500ZG's they were touting how they had the factory running to meet their manufac
I did - that's why I mentioned that there seemed to ba a rash of failures around the same time with the RF Parts 3-500ZG's. They were currently advertising to indicate they were "better" than the Tay
Who knows, Al? I have the failed 3-500ZG here in the shack - keep thinking I'll make a table lamp out of it, ha! The only indication on it is a "QC" stamp of some sort on the phenolic base that has a
Jim spent a nice explanatory note to the TT 539 reflector, and he didn't retire. Recommend y'all check it out. 73, Duane Duane Calvin, AC5AA Austin, TX _______________________________________________
Sorry, Glenn, I should have mentioned that. It's the tentec539 forum on Yahoo groups. 73, Duane Duane Calvin, AC5AA Austin, TX _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenT
Interestingly, a friend's Orion II went in to TT a few months back for unrelated reasons, and when it came back, the controls were all very "tight" - hard to turn, even the main tuning knobs. After a
Or, another source is one of the guys on E*bay who sell cables easily made up for various rigs. I bought one for my Orion years ago and it served very well. I don't think this is the same guy, but he
Well, strictly speaking, RTTY generated via FSK is a carrier mode, however, RTTY generated via AFSK is an analog mode and still requires care to preserve linearity. This is why many of use prefer FSK
Interesting - your response sounded as simple-minded as mine. But then, I agree, I'm simple-minded. 73, Duane Duane Calvin, AC5AA Austin, Texas www.ac5aa.com however, That's a simple-minded (and in
My apology to Jim and the reflector for my last posting. Guess I'm a little grumpy today. Rigs for a long time have been designed for FSK RTTY, meaning that a frequency-shifted carrier was transmitte
What Barry said - it's not hard as long as you have the right tools and take your time. 73, Duane Duane Calvin, AC5AA Austin, Texas www.ac5aa.com http://www.tentecwiki.org/doku.php?id=565battery Yo
Interesting - my Flex-6500 has nearly instantaneous QSK T/R turnaround. Really nice. Faster than my Orion was. 73, Duane Duane Calvin, AC5AA Austin, Texas www.ac5aa.com *A very good Friend of mine
"Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times." Mark Twain Sorry, couldn't resist. I'm with Rick on this one. 73, Duane Duane Calvin, AC5AA Aust
Yep, had one of those too. You'd go deaf waiting for someone to call! :-) 73, Duane Duane Calvin, AC5AA Austin, Texas www.ac5aa.com When I worked 2 Meter AM in the 1960s, I normally used a Heath Tw
If we're talking the IF crystal passband filters, those are ladder filters in Ten-Tec's, as I understand it. 73, Duane Duane Calvin, AC5AA Austin, Texas www.ac5aa.com Thanks Very interesting but th