- 61. Re: [TenTec] still praising old technology (score: 1)
- Author: John Farler <k4avx1@windstream.net>
- Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 21:54:38 -0500
- Probably the same reason they don't send prizes or give a break for hamfest prizes. Has to be a big show (Dayton). They are not a big organization - visit for a plant tour sometime. Most DX-Peditions
- /archives//html/TenTec/2014-02/msg00434.html (8,672 bytes)
- 62. Re: [TenTec] On Switching Power Supplies (score: 1)
- Author: John Farler <k4avx1@windstream.net>
- Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 11:23:13 -0500
- Really? Super-regen receivers? Help me out here. I know how a regen rx works, but I've never heard of a "super-regen" except on Vhf ala the famous Heath Lunchboxes. They didn't decode CW, nor SSB. I
- /archives//html/TenTec/2014-01/msg00152.html (10,651 bytes)
- 63. [TenTec] Forgot one! (score: 1)
- Author: John Farler <k4avx1@windstream.net>
- Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 14:38:52 -0500
- Oh, yes. It should have a remote frequency knob just like available for the O V and VI. Great for a little contesting. I can't use a computer to do it all! John, K4AVX
- /archives//html/TenTec/2014-01/msg00195.html (6,599 bytes)
- 64. [TenTec] Fwd: What's going to be next? (score: 1)
- Author: John Farler <k4avx1@windstream.net>
- Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 20:43:12 -0500
- I need a new radio. I don't have a Ten-Tec built in this century. My Omni VI+ and Omni V are getting old, and are starting to have a few problems. TT won't fix them. I had an ARGO V, and did not like
- /archives//html/TenTec/2014-01/msg00207.html (9,599 bytes)
- 65. [TenTec] What's going to be next? (score: 1)
- Author: John Farler <k4avx1@windstream.net>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 13:01:33 -0500
- The biggest thing in design that should be easy to fix is the "Black Box" syndrone. I know it's just a surface thing - not important to the operation of the radio. But it makes a complex transceiver
- /archives//html/TenTec/2014-01/msg00228.html (9,944 bytes)
- 66. [TenTec] 160 M antenna (score: 1)
- Author: John Farler <k4avx1@windstream.net>
- Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 22:05:52 -0500
- Yes, I think the Webster Bandspanner was probably the first manual commercial "sliding selection" type of antenna. I think we are talking about the same antenna, but maybe not. The spanner was slim a
- /archives//html/TenTec/2013-11/msg00176.html (8,751 bytes)
- 67. [TenTec] Argosy 525 FS (score: 1)
- Author: John Farler <k4avx1@windstream.net>
- Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 16:52:04 -0500
- I'm trying to thin the TT herd a little. Seems every time I see an older one at a good price, I bought it. Anyhow, my ARGOSY 525 with analog readout is for sale. It is in good cosmetic shape - don't
- /archives//html/TenTec/2013-11/msg00203.html (7,861 bytes)
- 68. [TenTec] Domestic Spotting Service?? (score: 1)
- Author: John Farler <k4avx1@windstream.net>
- Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2013 13:17:23 -0400
- My club is having a SE Station tomorrow, and we will be on several bands and modes at the same time. See http://kmarc.net I know about the qrpspots site and the summits on the air spots sites, but I'
- /archives//html/TenTec/2013-09/msg00043.html (7,306 bytes)
- 69. [TenTec] : "unrepairable" Omni VI logic board wanted (score: 1)
- Author: K4avx <k4avx1@windstream.net>
- Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 16:06:03 -0400
- I have an Omni V and a couple times it has gone dead. Usually heating up the solder patch under the logic board- I Think that's the one-got it going again. Although not quite the RX that the Omni VI
- /archives//html/TenTec/2013-08/msg00255.html (7,933 bytes)
- 70. [TenTec] Using Non-TT Supply (score: 1)
- Author: John Farler <k4avx1@windstream.net>
- Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 16:21:51 -0400
- My supply for the TT Omni V or VI has problems. When I tune up, even to a dummy load, the pilots in the radio dim and output is not where it should be on 40 meters and up. Current is less than 20 A,
- /archives//html/TenTec/2013-08/msg00303.html (8,850 bytes)
- 71. Re: [TenTec] Using Non-TT Supply (score: 1)
- Author: John Farler <k4avx1@windstream.net>
- Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 12:44:07 -0400
- Thanks for all the suggestions. The supply on the Omni Vi right now is a model for the old Omni. It was working OK, in spite of its current limits. Now, I get a voltage drop any where from 11.3 V wit
- /archives//html/TenTec/2013-08/msg00330.html (9,256 bytes)
- 72. [TenTec] Subject: Re: which balun? (score: 1)
- Author: John Farler <k4avx1@windstream.net>
- Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 20:20:49 -0400
- Since I get the digest and have been very busy, I may be a day late and a dollar short with these comments. Good to see some explanations of the TT Design of the 238 family of tuners. I have a 238 wh
- /archives//html/TenTec/2013-07/msg00456.html (8,496 bytes)
- 73. [TenTec] Brand Loyalty (score: 1)
- Author: John Farler <k4avx1@windstream.net>
- Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 14:25:11 -0400
- All these posts are well and good, but what's a "mike?" John, K4AVX Recently a close friend and one that is on the frequency where myself and several others settle to "rag chew" on a very regular or
- /archives//html/TenTec/2013-06/msg00147.html (7,741 bytes)
- 74. Re: [TenTec] Computer Headset Secured -- Now What? (score: 1)
- Author: John Farler <k4avx1@windstream.net>
- Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2013 21:37:35 -0400
- Rick, Sorry to hear yours didn't work out, since you have given me so much help with various TT problems. I just used ones from the dollar stores and such, never over 10 bucks. The main reason I put
- /archives//html/TenTec/2013-04/msg00006.html (10,184 bytes)
- 75. [TenTec] To: 'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment' - Found one... (score: 1)
- Author: John Farler <k4avx1@windstream.net>
- Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:34:18 -0400
- Digging around in the junk pile(s) in my basement I found the remains of a portable phone. It has the 3/32" jack and also the mic and speaker are intact. Bet the little mics on the ear plug line that
- /archives//html/TenTec/2013-04/msg00010.html (7,223 bytes)
- 76. [TenTec] N4YG DDS VFO PROBLEM (score: 1)
- Author: John Farler <k4avx1@windstream.net>
- Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:55:55 -0400
- I have the N4YG DDS vfo in my Corsair II, and it works like a charm, except the read out (internai to the Corsair) goes crazy when I transmit. Reads random freqs, including 90 mhz, which shows on rea
- /archives//html/TenTec/2013-04/msg00178.html (7,169 bytes)
- 77. [TenTec] Need 962 diagram (score: 1)
- Author: John Farler <k4avx1@windstream.net>
- Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:55:46 -0400
- I have a TT 962 power supply that came with the Omni 6+. It has an 24v ac component on the output that I believe indicates the filter caps are bad or perhaps the full wave rectifier. Anyway, I have n
- /archives//html/TenTec/2013-03/msg00160.html (7,561 bytes)
- 78. Re: [TenTec] Computer Headset Secured -- Now What? (score: 1)
- Author: John Farler <k4avx1@windstream.net>
- Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2013 22:29:03 -0400
- I used several such headsets on the Omni V and VI+, and the 4 pin mic connector makes it a snap. The voltage is there on one of the pins for the element. I'd agree it would be easier to start all ove
- /archives//html/TenTec/2013-03/msg00427.html (8,983 bytes)
- 79. Re: [TenTec] Trim Ring for Big Knob (score: 1)
- Author: John Farler <k4avx1@windstream.net>
- Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:31:50 -0500
- AW! As someone who lives closer to Sevierville than many of you, and who has had TEN-TEC gear for years, only Orange is appropriate. You see, Sevierville is definitely in Big Orange Country - UT. I t
- /archives//html/TenTec/2013-02/msg00463.html (7,903 bytes)
- 80. [TenTec] Hercules II Problem (score: 1)
- Author: John Farler <k4avx1@windstream.net>
- Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2012 22:56:47 -0400
- I have a Hercules II amp (Model 420) that has a problem. One of the (4) sections of the big TT power supply went out when I turned it on a while back. I think I can fix it if I can reach down into th
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-10/msg00024.html (7,145 bytes)
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