No, I can't design or build the eqivalent of today's Ten-Tec but anyone can at least try to troubleshoot when the guy who built it will walk you through on the phone. I would respectfully disagree w
I have had a problem on my Omni VI PA board I lost the driver transistors (2SC1969) Q1 & Q2, I had to replace the bias regulator components for the drivers LM825 & MJE520 all of which I have now repl
The main contributions from Collins in WW2 were the ARC-2 and ART-13. The ART-13 covered LF and HF, PA an 813 modulated by a pair of 811. It had ten mechanical presets that could be anywhere in its
Group, sorry for the OT of the OT...looks like this thread "migrated" a bit. <grin> Last month I was touring the outside part of the air museum at Ellsworth AFB near Rapid City when a B1B took off an
How do folks accomplish closing sale on such an expensive item without being hounded (or worse sued) a year later by someone who burned up the finals attempting to operate without any load? Or being
Walt K8CV Royal Oak, MI. Well, I ran into what I think is one legitimate exception... However, there were two reasons to not be mad at the old gent: 1) The radio was is storage for a -really- long ti
The BC-610 was a World War II era military AM transmitter. I had the pleasure of using one at the MARS station when I was in Air Force ROTC at LSU back in 1958. The main thing I remember about it is
George Osier wrote: I have a TT Argosy 525D which has S9+30db noise on the lower bands (30 , 40 and 80) which is intermittant. Nothing new electrical in the house and I dont think we got hit by a Sun
Jeff wrote: Looking to swap my Omni VI opt#3 for a Paragon II Mine has 6 filters The new and vastly improved VFO soft touch Ring and Fan kit. Only wishing to swap the radio no power supply or keys or
Model 315 replacement rubber trim ring for Ten-Tec HF transceivers and amplifiers. The new trim ring features a softer, better feel than the existing car tire used around the circumference of Ten-Tec
Sorry, I tuned in late and missed most of the correspondence on this issue, so pardon me if it has already been addressed... ..but just going by the very simple, one sentence description of the probl
I've had the Super CMOS III (kit version of the K5) for 13 years and also the older K4 that they sold.. They are great keyers and work well with almost any radio. They both have anough memories for
I think you sort of answered your own question.... if it's in transmit but idle, plate current should be zero. Going back 10 or 12 years ago, my bias board failed and then there was about 300 ma of p
Bob McGraw - K4TAX wrote: My 1996 Centurion shows about 150 ma when in transmit and 0 when not in transmit. I've always thought that to be quite normal and certainly acceptable. Same for CW operation
Jim M. wrote: Does Icom provide upgrades with software? I don't see it being done. Instead we will see a never ending stream of revisions such as the 746, 746 Pro, 746 Pro III, etc. to fix problems.
Bruce Warner wrote: Hi - I purchased an Omni VI through this list recently, and just have a general question. When I have the RF gain fully clockwise then engage the AGC either in slow or fast, it di
Bruce Warner wrote: Hi - just a follow up - I appreciate the advice and wanted to just ask on Walt's advice versus Carter's. Walt indicated to make sure the AGC on/off button is in the OUT position (
Thanks for the response..the BAMA link is not working...I have the schematic...just need the operation manual... Bill, Several comments: 1)Many times, the BAMA main site appears not to work. This is
Ron Castro wrote: If the DX stations used CW Skimmer in a non-contest, split pile-up, all you would need to do is find a clear spot and your callsign would show up on the DX station's band map, even