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1. Re: [TenTec] RF Speech Processor "TX IMD" (score: 1): Author: "Charles P. Steinmetz" <charles_steinmetz@lavabit.com>; Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:45:34 -0400; There are many of these regulations that are really open to interpretation by the reader. What exactly is good amateur practice? I know how I was taught and as a broadcast engineer again the term "go; /archives//html/TenTec/2013-06/msg00179.html (10,503 bytes)
2. Re: [TenTec] RF Speech Processor "TX IMD" (score: 1): Author: "Charles P. Steinmetz" <charles_steinmetz@lavabit.com>; Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:14:31 -0400; Guys, I maintain there are a lot less lids and a lot more bad radios then you think! Any ham who takes for granted what his or her radio is doing, without measuring it him- or herself and correcting; /archives//html/TenTec/2013-06/msg00181.html (11,209 bytes)
3. Re: [TenTec] RF Speech Processor "TX IMD" (score: 1): Author: "Charles P. Steinmetz" <charles_steinmetz@lavabit.com>; Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:11:03 -0400; What you have just defined would mean the end of ham radio. If so, then so be it -- but I'm confident that wouldn't happen. Hopefully, it *would* weed out most of the people who can't be bothered to; /archives//html/TenTec/2013-06/msg00183.html (14,958 bytes)
4. Re: [TenTec] RF Speech Processor "TX IMD" (score: 1): Author: "Charles P. Steinmetz" <charles_steinmetz@lavabit.com>; Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:01:59 -0400; Under your theory, CS, then it means anyone who buys all brand new TenTec equipment directly from the factory, has no right to expect his radio and amp to be within specification and operating proper; /archives//html/TenTec/2013-06/msg00209.html (12,886 bytes)
5. Re: [TenTec] Built in SWR meter bannans (score: 1): Author: "Charles P. Steinmetz" <charles_steinmetz@lavabit.com>; Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:22:59 -0400; I had so much trouble burning up baluns back in the 80s that I have switched to using only Teflon insulated wire for my chokes and baluns. Baluns don't normally burn up because the insulation isn't a; /archives//html/TenTec/2013-04/msg00265.html (10,751 bytes)
6. Re: [TenTec] Built in SWR meter bannans (score: 1): Author: "Charles P. Steinmetz" <charles_steinmetz@lavabit.com>; Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:55:15 -0400; There is lots of information [about baluns] on the web. Jim replied: Yeah, and a lot of it is wrong. :) I take that as a given, so unexceptionable as not to require mention. I'd actually go further; /archives//html/TenTec/2013-04/msg00268.html (10,555 bytes)
7. Re: [TenTec] Built in SWR meter bannans (score: 1): Author: "Charles P. Steinmetz" <charles_steinmetz@lavabit.com>; Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 02:17:42 -0400; It seems you would want to use wire whose insulation will not melt before the saturation temperature of the core. Well, that's fine, but the core should never be anywhere near its saturation temperat; /archives//html/TenTec/2013-04/msg00276.html (11,009 bytes)
8. [TenTec] Replacement speaker for RX340 (score: 1): Author: "Charles P. Steinmetz" <charles_steinmetz@lavabit.com>; Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:58:49 -0500; I suspect that few of us use the internal speakers in our receivers very often -- I know I don't. However, I hate it when things do not work properly, even if I don't use them often. The voice coil i; /archives//html/TenTec/2013-01/msg00126.html (8,393 bytes)
9. Re: [TenTec] Adding Pilot Light to RX-320D (score: 1): Author: "Charles P. Steinmetz" <charles_steinmetz@lavabit.com>; Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2012 08:22:47 -0400; I would like to add a pilot light to the front panel of my TenTec RX-320D. I have SOME home brewing skills... having built several kits, including a few TT receiver kits, and having designed some sma; /archives//html/TenTec/2012-09/msg00350.html (11,021 bytes)
10. Re: [TenTec] Soldering oxidized circuit cards (score: 1): Author: "Charles P. Steinmetz" <charles_steinmetz@lavabit.com>; Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2012 21:59:56 -0400; SO... WHAT DO I USE TO PREPARE A NEW CIRCUIT BOARD, SUCH AS FOUND IN A TEN-TEC RADIO KIT? It seems like the boards don't wanna take solder so I figure they have oxidized just a bit in the package bef; /archives//html/TenTec/2012-07/msg00352.html (11,317 bytes)
11. Re: [TenTec] OT: Looking for good starter HF transceiver (score: 1): Author: "Charles P. Steinmetz" <charles_steinmetz@lavabit.com>; Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 01:56:51 -0400; For someone just getting into the hobby, I'd recommend a "jack-of-all-trades" transceiver until he knows more about how his interests will develop. To me, at the stated price point, this means a Kenw; /archives//html/TenTec/2012-07/msg00377.html (11,941 bytes)
12. Re: [TenTec] Boards with obsolete parts (score: 1): Author: "Charles P. Steinmetz" <charles_steinmetz@lavabit.com>; Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 13:17:04 -0400; once the product gets outside of the 7 to 10 [year] period, frankly you're on your own regardless of the company. Should any company support a product past these terms, consider them GREAT and gener; /archives//html/TenTec/2012-07/msg00468.html (11,588 bytes)
13. Re: [TenTec] Wire Gauge Table (score: 1): Author: "Charles P. Steinmetz" <charles_steinmetz@lavabit.com>; Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2012 17:02:25 -0400; I don't think any of us would take even the slightest issue with the inclusion of articles for beginners and those with less technical education. But ham radio is NOT CB RADIO -- our licenses and pr; /archives//html/TenTec/2012-07/msg00513.html (10,416 bytes)
14. Re: [TenTec] OT: Scopes (score: 1): Author: "Charles P. Steinmetz" <charles_steinmetz@lavabit.com>; Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 19:32:24 -0500; Would be curious about thoughts from others who repair their own gear about what minimum-required scope would be. This topic comes up periodically -- you can find some posts in the archives. Here is; /archives//html/TenTec/2012-02/msg00382.html (14,316 bytes)
15. Re: [TenTec] OT: Scopes (score: 1): Author: "Charles P. Steinmetz" <charles_steinmetz@lavabit.com>; Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 06:03:27 -0500; What can one do to avoid getting a lemon or broken or poorly calibrated, or whatever broken, oscilloscope at the local hamfest ? As others have suggested, a seller who is willing to give you a money; /archives//html/TenTec/2012-02/msg00405.html (11,792 bytes)
16. Re: [TenTec] X-Lock-3 (score: 1): Author: "Charles P. Steinmetz" <charles_steinmetz@lavabit.com>; Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:04:52 -0500; No phase noise is introduced into the circuit for it is merely a correction of frequency about a set frequency using a varactor diode. The added varactor circuitry will introduce additional phase noi; /archives//html/TenTec/2012-01/msg00184.html (7,970 bytes)
17. Re: [TenTec] Solving PTO drift (score: 1): Author: "Charles P. Steinmetz" <charles_steinmetz@lavabit.com>; Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2011 13:45:44 -0400; I've been looking for a synthetic PTO grease, but everything I've tried is too "sticky." What I would like is a synthetic equivalent to the viscosity of Lubriplate 105. Try DuPont Krytox 203. I doub; /archives//html/TenTec/2011-09/msg00062.html (9,499 bytes)
18. Re: [TenTec] Solving PTO drift (score: 1): Author: "Charles P. Steinmetz" <charles_steinmetz@lavabit.com>; Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2011 13:49:58 -0400; DuPont Krytox GPL-203, to give its full name. Try DuPont Krytox 203. I doubt it'll ever have to be relubricated again. Best regards, Charles; /archives//html/TenTec/2011-09/msg00063.html (9,720 bytes)
19. Re: [TenTec] Solving PTO drift (score: 1): Author: "Charles P. Steinmetz" <charles_steinmetz@lavabit.com>; Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2011 04:46:44 -0400; Charles, I use a green grease made by Phil Wood & Co. It is a bike grease made for ball and roller bearings. I'm familiar with it -- my bike shop stocks both it and Krytox (but not the GPL-203 -- GPL; /archives//html/TenTec/2011-09/msg00072.html (10,134 bytes)
20. Re: [TenTec] TT transmatch Noise Bridge Kit (score: 1): Author: "Charles P. Steinmetz" <charles_steinmetz@lavabit.com>; Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 14:02:27 -0400; I have a TenTec station Omni VII, Centurion, RX-320D, Model 715, and some of their receiver kits. I also have a pair of Palstar tuners, only one of which is on line with the transceiver right now. I; /archives//html/TenTec/2011-04/msg00290.html (8,993 bytes)

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