Richards, Set the meter to the lowest OHMs scale (some meters have a "buzzer" or tone on this scale). Connect the probes across the disconnected fuse and you should see a zero or near zero reading. I
Folks, Steve has ask if I would like to make a group buy for his Corsair II logic board PCB. Steve has put a lot of effort into developing a replacement board for the bad U10 problem. His board is as
Folks, It is time to do the display logic board group buy. This is for the bare board only. It is a double sided, plated through hole, solder masked, and silk screened quality board. Based on the num
Folks, As a follow up to my last post, I can also supply programmed PIC processors for Steve's board. I have not set a price but I hope to be able to sell them in the $8 range. I will let everyone kn
Hans, What is impressive is the lower cost Kenwood TS590S. It is in the all "green." And, no I don't own any Kenwoods. Wish I did! Jerry W5JH I thought the list might want to look at this as it puts
Pepe, Elecraft is small company also, maybe smaller than TenTec. So what is their excuse? None, they don't need any. They beat the Japanese quite well. Jerry W5JH All, Japan used either to subsidize
Folks, The Group buy of Steve Hunt's Corsair II Logic Board is NOT going well. Many people indicated they wanted one but have failed to pay the $17 for the bare board. To me, $17 is really cheap insu
I had mentioned in a previous email that could buy and distribute the programmed PICs. The cost of the PIC from Mouser is about $5 each. I was going to charge a few $ to do the programming and shippi
The easiest way to pay is via paypal. Goto paypal and click on send money and enter my email address as shown above. Put in $17 for 1 board or $33 for 2 boards. Under instructions, tell me who you ar
Folks, I have good news. With the promised checks in the mail, we now have enough participants to make the group buy. I will make the buy on Tuesday since for some reason everybody wants Monday off.
Andrew, You don't need a scope but you will need a frequency counter. You can determine the drift is coming from the PTO by hooking a frequency counter up to the output of the PTO and monitoring the
Folks, Some people have inquired if I could supply a complete kit of parts for the Corsair Logic board. I have figured out the cost of a complete kit. For the PCB, Programmed PICs, and rest of the pa
My paypal address is the same one as above. Jerry W5JH Hi I wil, buy a kit .what is your paypall address ,ken ko5y . for board, $25 _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list
Curt, The Corsair II only uses the microcontroller to display the frequency and to do the keying. It really does not control anything. The Corsair II still uses the "old" PTO, crystal filters, audio
Barry, The Corsair I also had a digital display done with a dedicated display chip which is about the same as a microcontroller. If you don't want any digital at all you need an Omni A Series B - ana
Keith, You can find the Corsair II's for sale on QTH.COM for about $475 or so. Then there is the power supply, model 960, then there is the external VFO, model 263, and lots of filter slots (1.8KHz,
Folks, Here is an update for you. I placed an order for the boards today. Since I have not received some mailed in checks yet, I just went ahead and purchased some extra boards. After I ship everyone
Folks, I live in the woods of East Texas near the very small town of Diana. I have 1 and ½ acres with 50+ oak trees on it. You may have heard about the wild fires we have been having. On Sunday, the
Spoken by a true knee jerk, left wing, bleeding heart Liberal! Are you talking about the Governor who will be the next US President? Too bad your governor cut funding for all those poor volunteer dep
Please note this was not intended for the full group, only Jeff Herr. I apologize to the group. But, someone always has to take a tragedy and turn it into a political argument for their benefit. Jerr