- 1. Re: [TenTec] Omni C new owner thoughts (score: 1)
- Author: Shawn Upton <kb1ckt@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2024 00:44:58 +0000 (UTC)
- Interesting, nice find on the issues. Yes, fun rebuilding the PTO... I had to resolder the crystals on that board, which was even more "fun". I was using my C last week while my Corsair II was havin
- /archives//html/TenTec/2024-04/msg00004.html (11,619 bytes)
- 2. [TenTec] PCB 90407? (score: 1)
- Author: Shawn Upton <kb1ckt@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2023 22:07:52 +0000 (UTC)
- Too hot to be outside, so poking around in this hamfest 505 find that I got last year(?). The audio board had been reworked--so much so, no components were left of the audio strip! I guess that's o
- /archives//html/TenTec/2023-09/msg00000.html (7,415 bytes)
- 3. Re: [TenTec] PTO Adjustment (score: 1)
- Author: Shawn Upton <kb1ckt@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2022 19:00:20 +0000 (UTC)
- I've gone through a couple, never any fun, I think I did two with wheel bearing grease and the last one or two with white lithium. Might just have to open this one up and see what it looks like--usu
- /archives//html/TenTec/2022-10/msg00001.html (8,334 bytes)
- 4. Re: [TenTec] Quick questions (score: 1)
- Author: Shawn Upton <kb1ckt@yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2022 01:06:20 +0000 (UTC)
- Not for a '21 but years ago I did on an Argosy. I made a simple class A buffer of the VFO (so if anything happened to the line out, no impact to the VFO) (no I don't remember how! rig got traded lon
- /archives//html/TenTec/2022-10/msg00029.html (10,889 bytes)
- 5. [TenTec] Corsair 2 RX issue (score: 1)
- Author: Shawn Upton <kb1ckt@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2022 02:58:00 +0000 (UTC)
- I do mostly 40m CW, and sometimes I have issues with RX. It will just fade away. I tap the key and it comes back. few seconds later, it fades away... Thing is, it will not do this cold. Sometimes
- /archives//html/TenTec/2022-09/msg00024.html (7,902 bytes)
- 6. Re: [TenTec] Corsair 2 RX issue (score: 1)
- Author: Shawn Upton <kb1ckt@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2022 13:01:38 +0000 (UTC)
- Coax switch! I forgot, I did add one of those recently, and it lines up with the issue, I bet that is the problem. Next time it happens i'll give that a wiggle and see if it resolves the problem. Th
- /archives//html/TenTec/2022-09/msg00032.html (13,019 bytes)
- 7. [TenTec] PTO Adjustment? (score: 1)
- Author: Shawn Upton <kb1ckt@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2022 16:55:38 +0000 (UTC)
- Before I pull the rig apart... is there an adjustment for "tightness"? Not drag. I've noticed that my Corsair, I can turn the knob slightly, what ought to be say 50Hz of frequency change--but the di
- /archives//html/TenTec/2022-09/msg00047.html (7,483 bytes)
- 8. Re: [TenTec] TenTec Digest, Vol 237, Issue 12 (score: 1)
- Author: Shawn Upton <kb1ckt@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2022 01:06:42 +0000 (UTC)
- That is what I'm afraid of: wear in the brass shaft, necessitating future replacement. Oh well. It's not so bad right now; supposedly it was gone through shortly before I got it (I recall getting a
- /archives//html/TenTec/2022-09/msg00050.html (11,240 bytes)
- 9. Re: [TenTec] PTO Adjustment? (score: 1)
- Author: Shawn Upton <kb1ckt@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2022 01:08:04 +0000 (UTC)
- If I remember correctly, there is a spring tension adjust on the rear PTO bearing. There are some stacked flat washers used as shims and you may be able to reduce slippage by removing or adding (I
- /archives//html/TenTec/2022-09/msg00051.html (9,259 bytes)
- 10. [TenTec] Argonaut filter question (score: 1)
- Author: Shawn Upton <kb1ckt@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2022 02:24:19 +0000 (UTC)
- So at a hamfest last spring I picked up a TenTec Argonaut. It said it was broken and so of course I took pity on it. I finally opened it up tonight and on the SSB board someone took the liberty of
- /archives//html/TenTec/2022-08/msg00008.html (7,874 bytes)
- 11. Re: [TenTec] Argonaut filter question (score: 1)
- Author: Shawn Upton <kb1ckt@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2022 12:49:17 +0000 (UTC)
- You you to both of you, W5FH and DJ0IP. Radio is a 505. Looking up the HyGain, I found this manual:Bama Manual Archive Bama Manual Archive which lists the 2.1kHz filter as 2.1kHz at 1.8 shape factor.
- /archives//html/TenTec/2022-08/msg00010.html (10,821 bytes)
- 12. Re: [TenTec] TEN-TEC Argosy repair (score: 1)
- Author: Shawn <kb1ckt@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 11:54:43 -0400
- I believe this uses diode steering? the fact that rx is impacted tells me to start there. Something common to both rx and tx. shawn kb1ckt Sent from my iPad
- /archives//html/TenTec/2022-06/msg00003.html (7,911 bytes)
- 13. Re: [TenTec] TT 210 psu (score: 1)
- Author: Shawn <kb1ckt@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 14:26:47 -0400
- Is there a missing bleeder resistor? I wouldnt think 1.5A is required for good regulation but perhaps it just needs more current. Shawn kb1ckt Sent from my iPhone
- /archives//html/TenTec/2022-06/msg00016.html (8,412 bytes)
- 14. [TenTec] Century 21 question (score: 1)
- Author: Shawn <kb1ckt@yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2022 12:07:54 -0400
- One followed me home after the last hamfest. Seems to tx and rx, havent gotten much farther than that yet. Looks are so-so, as one issue is the black wrap around the covers. What is the name of this
- /archives//html/TenTec/2022-03/msg00017.html (7,246 bytes)
- 15. Re: [TenTec] Century 21 question (score: 1)
- Author: Shawn Upton <kb1ckt@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2022 11:33:43 +0000 (UTC)
- I vaguely recall that thread (on QRZ from time to time), did not see that result. That is a possibility, although I'd be worried about scratches! Still, that is an option, and then later on, if one
- /archives//html/TenTec/2022-03/msg00020.html (8,734 bytes)
- 16. [TenTec] Corsair II Question (score: 1)
- Author: Shawn Upton <kb1ckt@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2022 13:04:08 +0000 (UTC)
- So I picked one up last weekend, supposedly gone through and all that. Seems to be true, as it's seemingly working--except for the drive? If I set ALC full clockwise, in order to get 80-90W out on
- /archives//html/TenTec/2022-03/msg00021.html (7,698 bytes)
- 17. Re: [TenTec] Corsair II Question (score: 1)
- Author: Shawn Upton <kb1ckt@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2022 14:51:31 +0000 (UTC)
- Looks like 70-80W on 10m. The radio thinks it's a full 100W. If I go down from 10m power goes up slightly, never quite 100W but close enough for me. Shawn kb1ckt what's the output like on the bands
- /archives//html/TenTec/2022-03/msg00023.html (9,629 bytes)
- 18. [TenTec] Corsair II Audio Question (score: 1)
- Author: Shawn Upton <kb1ckt@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2022 13:01:24 +0000 (UTC)
- Sorry, my new-to-me radio didn't come with a manual. I'm glad that TenTec was nice enough to post pdf's but the copy isn't that great. Looks like audio goes to the bandpass filter made of U3 and U4,
- /archives//html/TenTec/2022-03/msg00026.html (8,132 bytes)
- 19. Re: [TenTec] Corsair II Audio Question (score: 1)
- Author: Shawn Upton <kb1ckt@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2022 16:02:48 +0000 (UTC)
- I did order the OPA2134 op-amps but I'm not sure if I should have now; I'm guessing the lower cost 5532's might be fine, and really, maybe even not that much--it's not that noisy, after all. Ah I see
- /archives//html/TenTec/2022-03/msg00029.html (9,994 bytes)
- 20. Re: [TenTec] Uneven power output on omni C (score: 1)
- Author: Shawn Upton <kb1ckt@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2021 21:15:46 +0000 (UTC)
- Seems odd. I'd first check your meter and make sure it is correct, and that you're not facing a problem with the measurement tool. After that... odd. I'd wonder if it was a coupling capacitor probl
- /archives//html/TenTec/2021-10/msg00019.html (8,846 bytes)
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