- 81. Re: [TenTec] Hercules II (score: 1)
- Author: Clark Savage Turner <csturner@kcbx.net>
- Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 07:09:47 -0700
- I think it is the Hercules not the Hercules II for which PA xsistors are no longer available. If you can find a Hercules 1, be sure to get a Paragon 1 to go with it. The Herc I cosmetically matches
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-09/msg00286.html (8,668 bytes)
- 82. Re: [TenTec] Hercules II (score: 1)
- Author: Clark Savage Turner <csturner@kcbx.net>
- Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 14:20:07 -0700
- Paragon I and Hercules I are matched sets. Ten-Tec manufactured exactly as many Hercules I as they did Paragon I. If you can find a pair they are real collectors items, rare as hen's teeth. I am curi
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-09/msg00297.html (8,915 bytes)
- 83. Re: [TenTec] Radios suitable for mobile operation (score: 1)
- Author: Clark Savage Turner <csturner@kcbx.net>
- Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 20:55:02 -0700
- Its similar to the OMNI VI in that it is a very, very fine CW rig and it is still a good SSB rig (but not "optimized" for the SSB operator). The specs on the K2 are really amazing for the price and s
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-08/msg00279.html (8,030 bytes)
- 84. Re: [TenTec] cw filters in omni (score: 1)
- Author: Clark Savage Turner <csturner@kcbx.net>
- Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 15:59:15 -0700
- Good question, of course! I've found, in my own experience with several INRAD filters, that they have lower loss (by the Ten Tec "S" meter readings on my OMNI's) but I didn't measure carefully. Georg
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-08/msg00407.html (9,895 bytes)
- 85. Re: [TenTec] Question About ALC on Corsair II (score: 1)
- Author: Clark Savage Turner <csturner@kcbx.net>
- Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 11:11:23 -0700
- Sounds completely normal to me, Dan. I always ran my Corsair II with adjustment of the ALC to each individual band to just barely "blink" - it kept the SSB audio from distorting. Clark WA3JPG Do you
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-08/msg00531.html (8,262 bytes)
- 86. [TenTec] Comparison -Ten Tec to Brand X (score: 1)
- Author: Clark Savage Turner <csturner@kcbx.net>
- Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2005 12:17:57 -0700
- Kenwood. Yes, they regularly have someone lurking on their reflector that has good information and they share it with us. Yes, I've had them send me free parts when I spoke to their engineers about a
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-06/msg00145.html (10,948 bytes)
- 87. Re: [TenTec] OMNI VI FILTERS (score: 1)
- Author: Clark Savage Turner <csturner@kcbx.net>
- Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 22:16:24 -0700
- QUICK QUESTION, JUST BOUGHT A OMNI VI WITH THE OPTION 1 UPGRADE. Since I haven't got the rig yet and there is no where to download the manual I had a question about the filters. I gather the rig cam
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-06/msg00273.html (9,088 bytes)
- 88. Re: [TenTec] Omni VI freq instability, 30m only (score: 1)
- Author: Clark Savage Turner <csturner@kcbx.net>
- Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 19:53:09 -0700
- Hi Allan! Do you have the oven or the TCXO? If TCXO, I don't know how to help, but if the oven, I bought a new one :-) It was the (well known) "hunting" behavior of some of the earlier ovens, they we
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-04/msg00065.html (9,064 bytes)
- 89. Re: [TenTec] TenTec S-Meters (score: 1)
- Author: Clark Savage Turner <csturner@kcbx.net>
- Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 07:43:34 -0700
- Hi Pete - This can be as simple as static cling :-) . Try wiping the plastic face with a moist cloth and see if it stops. If so, clean the thing (inside and out) of dust. I "fixed" a few this way. Cl
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-04/msg00447.html (8,309 bytes)
- 90. Re: [TenTec] boost mobile voltage? (score: 1)
- Author: Clark Savage Turner <csturner@kcbx.net>
- Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 06:33:33 -0700
- Just a thought (though you may already have had the same thoughts, it is worth a moment!) 1. Check your power cables for voltage drop (improve them as a matter of course) 2. Check your power connecto
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-04/msg00478.html (9,504 bytes)
- 91. Re: [TenTec] boost mobile voltage? (score: 1)
- Author: Clark Savage Turner <csturner@kcbx.net>
- Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 12:42:46 -0700
- I tested "our" Corsair with a fully charged 7 amp hr gel cell and got a report of a little "flutter" that went away when I switched to the Astron. A pretty small battery to draw 20 amps on peaks. I s
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-04/msg00557.html (11,123 bytes)
- 92. Re: [TenTec] 2.4 kcs filter (score: 1)
- Author: Clark Savage Turner <csturner@kcbx.net>
- Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 08:18:21 -0800
- Hi Jim - Which one do you need? There is one for the 9 MHz IF (model 220) and one for the 6.3 MHz IF (I don't think there is a model number). Clark WA3JPG I am in dire need for a 2.4 kcs filter for m
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-03/msg00286.html (7,356 bytes)
- 93. Re: [TenTec] Noise Blanker in Corsair (score: 1)
- Author: Clark Savage Turner <csturner@kcbx.net>
- Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 13:32:29 -0800
- Heck, it works. It just doesn't work on a very wide variety of noise pulses. I've taken advantage of mine on occasion, it certainly took out automobile ignition noise pretty well, but many other nois
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-03/msg00434.html (9,291 bytes)
- 94. Re: [TenTec] Noise Blanker in Corsair (score: 1)
- Author: Clark Savage Turner <csturner@kcbx.net>
- Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 16:58:08 -0800
- The best thing I did with the Corsair was to get an ANC-4 noise canceller. That little unit took a little fiddling, but it took out much noise, power lines, ignition and even some of the atmospherics
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-03/msg00437.html (8,929 bytes)
- 95. Re: [TenTec] Noise Blanker in Corsair (score: 1)
- Author: Clark Savage Turner <csturner@kcbx.net>
- Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 20:46:32 -0800
- No, that is a problem. Check on the MFJ 1026, I think it had provisions for QSK (I have one but it is in the garage, I could tell you tomorrow). Clark WA3JPG Clark: Will the ANC-4 work full QSK? Than
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-03/msg00488.html (9,130 bytes)
- 96. Re: [TenTec] TT vs. Palstar Antenna Tuner (score: 1)
- Author: Clark Savage Turner <csturner@kcbx.net>
- Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 08:08:25 -0800
- You know, the NYE tuner is truly "built like a tank" but I had one and gave it up pretty quickly because the tuning range was more limited on my particular antennas than for my Johnson matchbox and m
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-03/msg00536.html (8,644 bytes)
- 97. Re: [TenTec] Argonaut 505 value? (score: 1)
- Author: Clark Savage Turner <csturner@kcbx.net>
- Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 17:59:44 -0800
- Hi Jeff - Heck, I bought one of these way back when, took it "backpack mobile" up into the Delaware Water Gap, too. Those were the days (not necessarily better, but I sure was younger!) The 505 has a
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-02/msg00550.html (8,346 bytes)
- 98. Re: [TenTec] mystery Ten-Tec Omni (score: 1)
- Author: Clark Savage Turner <csturner@kcbx.net>
- Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 20:05:49 -0800
- I've seen a lot of hams unaware of the problem Mike points out. Tune a receiver around your transmitted signal, you'll see that you've got a serious spur out of band, but close enough that your anten
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-02/msg00589.html (8,241 bytes)
- 99. Re: [TenTec] OMNI VI/VI+ Roofing Filter Mod. vs NB Function and FM/FSK Mode Operation (score: 1)
- Author: Clark Savage Turner <csturner@kcbx.net>
- Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 17:16:29 -0800
- Thanks for the info regarding the NB, Dave. I think you pioneered (I recall some early correspondence with you on this!) the roofing filter ideas for the OMNI VI. I appreciate it. BTW: The FM receive
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-02/msg00781.html (8,765 bytes)
- 100. Re: [TenTec] Omni VI plus quirk? (score: 1)
- Author: Clark Savage Turner <csturner@kcbx.net>
- Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 11:09:00 -0800
- Just another data point, I never keep my power supply on, I've had 3 OMNI VI's and never seen this problem. The advice from Tommy is good, check ALL connectors on all boards to make sure you're getti
- /archives//html/TenTec/2005-01/msg00281.html (10,302 bytes)
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