- 321. [TenTec] OT Re: OT OT Bizuka antenna (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>
- Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2008 19:31:12 -1000
- Great Idea! As I have just done. _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-06/msg00160.html (8,472 bytes)
- 322. Re: [TenTec] TT Centurion (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>
- Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:25:35 -1000
- This can be a problem with amplifiers that have a single transformer with secondaries for the HV, filament and control systems voltages. I would feel uncomfortable running it for a few hours, with n
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-06/msg00265.html (9,121 bytes)
- 323. Re: [TenTec] OmniVI Plus Over Drive Amp (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>
- Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:34:24 -1000
- Do not ignore the OVERDRIVE LED. There is more going on than just an LED coming on. The comparators that turn on the LED also actuate relays that switch in attenuators in the input circuit. You don'
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-06/msg00304.html (10,817 bytes)
- 324. Re: [TenTec] OmniVI Plus Over Drive Amp (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>
- Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:06:28 -1000
- A correction to my previous post: I meant to say: Once the internal collector current metering and forward power metering is calibrated, you can use the internal metering as a reference to adjust the
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-06/msg00309.html (9,082 bytes)
- 325. Re: [TenTec] OmniVI Plus Over Drive Amp (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>
- Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 14:56:52 -1000
- What do you mean by "300 watts out on SSB"? How are you measuring it? 300 watts indicated by a slow responding D'Arsonval meter movement, could be 500 watts peak. If you can get 450 watts CW from the
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-06/msg00331.html (9,388 bytes)
- 326. [TenTec] Omni VI problems, continued (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>
- Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 20:00:43 -1000
- It's time for another episode of the ongoing saga of N6KB's Omni VI transmit power output problems and troubleshooting. In the previous episode I had come to the conclusion that the low output power
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-06/msg00332.html (10,407 bytes)
- 327. Re: [TenTec] OmniVI Plus Over Drive Amp (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>
- Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:03:46 -1000
- Hi Jim, That 300 watt mark on the bar-graph indicator means nothing if the circuit is not calibrated to a known standard. On the CONTROL BOARD there are three potentiometers that are fed by the forwa
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-06/msg00343.html (9,957 bytes)
- 328. [TenTec] Omni VI Problems, conclusion (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>
- Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:30:25 -1000
- Hi all, I got the 30 meter XTAL OSC. coil removed, slug unscrewed, coil reinstalled and slug put back in with dental floss to make the fit tight enough to work. I have adjusted all of the XTAL OSCs,
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-06/msg00380.html (8,098 bytes)
- 329. Re: [TenTec] OmniVI Plus Over Drive Amp (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>
- Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 12:47:21 -1000
- The input Z of a Bird 43 feeding a matched load is also a matched load, as long as we are talking about a 50 ohm impedance system. The input Z of a Bird 43 feeding an unmatched load is an unmatched
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-06/msg00398.html (10,539 bytes)
- 330. Re: [TenTec] OmniVI Plus Over Drive Amp (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>
- Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:08:11 -1000
- Okay Jerry, I'll try it. Since we were talking about a Ten-Tec Hercules II amplifier, what frequency between 1.8 and 29.7 MHz would you suggest I try, in order to see the most significant effect of t
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-06/msg00400.html (11,210 bytes)
- 331. Re: [TenTec] OmniVI Plus Over Drive Amp (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>
- Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:08:40 -1000
- The Bird Thruline RF Directional Wattmeter model 43 accuracy is specified as +/- 5% of full scale reading. That means that if you have a 500 watt element (model 500H) measuring the output Ten-Tec Her
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-06/msg00418.html (10,010 bytes)
- 332. Re: [TenTec] OmniVI Plus Over Drive Amp (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>
- Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:12:00 -1000
- Jim, My data is straight out of the instruction book for the Bird Thruline Wattmenter model 43. The accuracy is stated as +/- 5% of full scale. Pure and simple, with no mention of what part of the sc
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-06/msg00450.html (9,938 bytes)
- 333. Re: [TenTec] Looking for a rig upgrade... (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>
- Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:14:46 -1000
- "As for the Inrad mod, I have that on my Omni VI+ and it does broaden the audio a bit. It is nice. For me personally, it was not so compelling a change that I added it to my Option 3 rigs. If you do
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-07/msg00050.html (11,314 bytes)
- 334. Re: [TenTec] SWR VS Power Loss (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>
- Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:24:39 -1000
- "SWR (Standing Wave Ratio) affects the power output of your radio. The following table shows the effect of SWR for a transmitter with 4 watts of transmitted power." Using a standard power level of 4
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-07/msg00063.html (9,284 bytes)
- 335. Re: [TenTec] OT SWR VS Power Loss (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>
- Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:48:18 -1000
- Yep! There are few ways to tune an antenna. One method is to alter the antenna's dimensions, which in the simplest antennas means to adjust the length. Another method is to adjust the distance from g
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-07/msg00084.html (12,152 bytes)
- 336. Re: [TenTec] OT SWR VS Power Loss (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>
- Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:23:15 -1000
- Wrong! When currents on the two conductors in any transmission line are equal and opposite, there is no radiation. It doesn't matter if the SWR is 1:1. SWR other than 1:1 on a system designed to be
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-07/msg00095.html (8,335 bytes)
- 337. Re: [TenTec] OT SWR VS Power Loss (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>
- Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:30:09 -1000
- No. The feed point of the antenna still has the same impedance. If it is resistive due to equal and opposite reactances at that that frequency. If it is just resistive everywhere, I wouldn't call it
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-07/msg00102.html (11,897 bytes)
- 338. Re: [TenTec] OT: SWR & Coax (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>
- Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:24:53 -1000
- Yes. Yes. Yes. No. Yes, but they do coincide, even with high SWR. Even when there is a high SWR the current nodes in the two conductors occur the same distance from the (mismatched) load. You can sti
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-07/msg00104.html (8,553 bytes)
- 339. Re: [TenTec] Bliss: Omni 546C working FB again (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>
- Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:51:00 -1000
- I have always wondered why Ten-Tec has the heat sink fins horizontal on the Omni VI and Paragons. I wonder , have they done this on all of their transceivers? The 961 and 962 power supplies have the
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-07/msg00201.html (7,428 bytes)
- 340. [TenTec] 238 Tuner Dial cord (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>
- Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:36:48 -1000
- Hi all, I recently received from Ten-Tec a new dial cord and elastic stretch cord for my 238 tuner. An instruction sheet came with the parts, which differs somewhat from the DIAL-STRING ROUTING DIAGR
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-07/msg00202.html (8,044 bytes)
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