- 1. [TenTec] Re: 2 minor comments: Speakers and Centurion (score: 1)
- Author: k5uj@hotmail.com (Rob Atkinson, K5UJ)
- Date: Fri Aug 1 10:06:57 2003
- Sorry Bill, but I remain unconvinced about Ten Tec's speakers, unless they do something acoustic inside the enclosure to help with the sound, such as wrapped ducting to help with the bass. If anyone
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-08/msg00003.html (7,770 bytes)
- 2. [TenTec] Re: 2 minor comments: Speakers and Centurion (score: 1)
- Author: k5uj@hotmail.com (Rob Atkinson, K5UJ)
- Date: Fri Aug 1 13:32:51 2003
- Hi Todd; The foam is speaker enclosure baffling material. It's used to lengthen the space the sound has to travel through without increasing the size of the cabinet. This is a method used in cabinet
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-08/msg00006.html (8,060 bytes)
- 3. [TenTec] Omni 6 mics (score: 1)
- Author: k5uj@hotmail.com (Rob Atkinson, K5UJ)
- Date: Sun Aug 3 21:38:10 2003
- Heil mics (Goldline) work great with the Omni 6 with one caveat: you have to have a good ground on the rig and maybe put two or three ferrite chokes on the mic cord where it goes into the front panel
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-08/msg00058.html (7,293 bytes)
- 4. [TenTec] Grounding question (score: 1)
- Author: k5uj@hotmail.com (Rob Atkinson, K5UJ)
- Date: Tue Aug 12 11:33:26 2003
- I can't seem to get past the notion that if all the grounds are tied together, and a lightning bolt comes down and hits one of my antennas, the charge will come down to the buried strap and follow it
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-08/msg00220.html (8,913 bytes)
- 5. [TenTec] Grounding question (score: 1)
- Author: k5uj@hotmail.com (Rob Atkinson, K5UJ)
- Date: Tue Aug 12 18:23:56 2003
- Okay, here's how I size this up after reading all the mail on the subject: Bonding everything together--This is what you do if you really really know what you are doing, and have all your Is dotted a
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-08/msg00241.html (9,081 bytes)
- 6. [TenTec] Grounding question (score: 1)
- Author: k5uj@hotmail.com (Rob Atkinson, K5UJ)
- Date: Wed Aug 13 13:57:37 2003
- It truly wasn't intended to be inflamatory. I was simply being honest in my assessment. I happen to disagree. I have looked at them in the past and they are written in the language of the trade and
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-08/msg00286.html (9,246 bytes)
- 7. [TenTec] Grounding question (score: 1)
- Author: k5uj@hotmail.com (Rob Atkinson, K5UJ)
- Date: Wed Aug 13 18:07:27 2003
- Yes, I'm aware of that which is one reason why I said it was a poor example. I just didn't have time to give the reasons. 73, Rob K5UJ ________________________________________________________________
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-08/msg00293.html (8,006 bytes)
- 8. [TenTec] Antenna Analyzers (score: 1)
- Author: k5uj@hotmail.com (Rob Atkinson, K5UJ)
- Date: Thu Aug 14 15:45:47 2003
- I also don't understand the secrecy. It seems to me that anyone who seriously wanted to make a bunch of knockoffs abroad could buy one from MFJ and reverse engineer it. it would be harder if they use
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-08/msg00322.html (8,525 bytes)
- 9. [TenTec] GAP (score: 1)
- Author: k5uj@hotmail.com (Rob Atkinson, K5UJ)
- Date: Fri Aug 15 10:38:28 2003
- Thanks Stuart--I knew a little about them and always glad to read more. My comment about GAP secrecy was based on other remarks I've read from hams who have called them up and tried to get answers to
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-08/msg00335.html (7,201 bytes)
- 10. [TenTec] SWR Analyzers (score: 1)
- Author: k5uj@hotmail.com (Rob Atkinson, K5UJ)
- Date: Wed Aug 20 11:37:27 2003
- Someone asked about SWR analyzers a week or so ago and I mentioned a new one from Japan but could not remember its name. It's the Kuranishi analyzer--I saw one at a hamfest but it was under glass so
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-08/msg00429.html (6,813 bytes)
- 11. [TenTec] transmatch heating (score: 1)
- Author: k5uj@hotmail.com (Rob Atkinson, K5UJ)
- Date: Tue Jul 1 09:54:14 2003
- Al, you just described the Bliss Z Matchmaster! Balun on the tx side, 1000 pf jennings vac. variable and 30 mH twin synched rollers. I believe the Murch design was based on a transmatch article in QS
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-07/msg00005.html (7,166 bytes)
- 12. [TenTec] Centurion mod (score: 1)
- Author: k5uj@hotmail.com (Rob Atkinson, K5UJ)
- Date: Tue Jul 1 10:20:22 2003
- I'm working from memory--I'm sure someone else knows exactly what this is or you can find it in the reflector archive--the Centurion originally was biased so the 3-500s were operating @ around one or
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-07/msg00008.html (6,991 bytes)
- 13. [TenTec] Corsair II f.p. meter continued + other fixes (score: 1)
- Author: k5uj@hotmail.com (Rob Atkinson, K5UJ)
- Date: Wed Jul 2 12:15:38 2003
- I lifted the top cover on my CII and eyeballed the meter area (always do the easy stuff first). There's a small pc board mounted on the back of the meter switch to make it easy to plug wiring pairs i
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-07/msg00063.html (9,451 bytes)
- 14. [TenTec] Corsair II f.p. meter continued + other fixes (score: 1)
- Author: k5uj@hotmail.com (Rob Atkinson, K5UJ)
- Date: Wed Jul 2 13:10:53 2003
- Pardon me, but are you sure? When I key mine, I sure hear something clacking. Then while in cw tx mode if I listen carefully I hear the soft ticking of something that sounds like a reed relay. thanks
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-07/msg00065.html (9,727 bytes)
- 15. [TenTec] Corsair II f.p. meter continued + other fixes (score: 1)
- Author: k5uj@hotmail.com (Rob Atkinson, K5UJ)
- Date: Wed Jul 2 16:13:22 2003
- Oh, okay thanks--cleaning a manual switch should be easier than cleaning a relay. Rob K5UJ From: "Dr. Gerald N. Johnson, electrical engineer" <geraldj@isunet.net> Reply-To: geraldj@isunet.net To: ten
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-07/msg00080.html (9,684 bytes)
- 16. [TenTec] Re: Corsair II f.p. meter continued + other fixes (score: 1)
- Author: k5uj@hotmail.com (Rob Atkinson, K5UJ)
- Date: Thu Jul 3 09:51:22 2003
- Thanks everyone for the ideas and suggestions. I'm going to print them all out so I will have them when I work on the rig (I hope this weekend). 73, Rob K5UJ _________________________________________
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-07/msg00105.html (6,698 bytes)
- 17. [TenTec] Corsair ON/OFF (score: 1)
- Author: k5uj@hotmail.com (Rob Atkinson, K5UJ)
- Date: Fri Jul 11 13:39:14 2003
- My CII uses a combo twist on-off AF gain pot. I did not know they originally used push-pull switches. the stock switch in mine must have worn out at some past time. I have been leaving the p.s. switc
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-07/msg00340.html (7,895 bytes)
- 18. [TenTec] Balanced tuners (score: 1)
- Author: k5uj@hotmail.com (Rob Atkinson, K5UJ)
- Date: Fri Jul 11 14:03:40 2003
- I'll add my vote for these. I can't remember if I have already mentioned this here or not--one of my antennas is a low 88' dipole fed with 600 ohm open wire feedline and a balanced tuner. It works gr
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-07/msg00342.html (9,272 bytes)
- 19. [TenTec] balanced feedline light bulb test (score: 1)
- Author: k5uj@hotmail.com (Rob Atkinson, K5UJ)
- Date: Tue Jul 15 13:34:47 2003
- Al, I'm a dim bulb (ha ha). What I think you are saying is get two plain old regular incandescent light bulbs, open up the feedline and connect each one in series with it, one on each side to force r
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-07/msg00423.html (9,471 bytes)
- 20. [TenTec] balanced feedline light bulb test (score: 1)
- Author: k5uj@hotmail.com (Rob Atkinson, K5UJ)
- Date: Tue Jul 15 13:44:04 2003
- Al, I'm a dim bulb (ha ha). What I think you are saying is get two plain old regular incandescent light bulbs, open up the feedline and connect each one in series with it, one on each side to force r
- /archives//html/TenTec/2003-07/msg00424.html (10,816 bytes)
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