Is the 190ma plate current with the amp in standby mode? no it was 190 m with no drive and tubes got red Is this idle current with no signal? If so it is about correct. 73 Bob, K4TAX On 8/8/2018 7:42
Is the 190ma plate current with the amp in standby mode? no it was 190 m with no drive and tubes got red Is this idle current with no signal? If so it is about correct. 73 Bob, K4TAX On 8/8/2018 7:42
Yeah, I suspected it was a failed Q1. Notice that my question was posted on 8/8 at 9:37pm EDT. It took 18 hours for my post to materialize on the forum. So, this post may also take 18 hrs to get to y
Rodney, Both of my Centurions have meter faces that are marked like yours, except that the marking between .8 and 2.4 is "1.6" (not 16). Does your meter with the mode swith in the Ep position not ind
If this subject has been covered recently on this Ten Tec reflector, please forgive me. The proposed FY-2019 Federal Budget will de-fund NISTs WWV and WWVH operations. WWV and WWVH will cease operati
Bob, You're exactly right. The Paragon that I recently acquired had been fitted with LED lamps that were just too blue-white (wrong color temp). Replaced them with 73, Allen--W7GIF -- Original Messag
I acquired a very pristine (looking) 585 last weekend at a hamfest. It has absolutely no cosmetic flaws or evidence of use/wear. Maybe thats because it suffers from a sporadic failure mode that corru
One of the reasons Im hooked on TenTec radios, is the generous support available from experienced owners. Many thanks to all who have responded to my request for help on the Paragon (Vic, Barry, Tony
After more than three years of faithful, dependable service, the 9425 power supply gave up. T-shhoting revealed that R2 on the 81212 Rectifier had opened (big crater). According to the manual schemat
Yeah. The relay and cap on the load side of R2 test good, and other circuitry on the source side is healthy. The failed R2 still has piecemarking legible: HE19316, RT-25, 20 ohms. Don't recognize the
Jim, That makes a LOT more sense. I really saw no way that an external fault could have caused the R2 (as mis-identified on my board and schematic) to fail. Now, with your schematic information, it l
Rick, You may find that when using the MSFT email client, that at the bottom of every message where the link to this site was a 1/2 line of characters, it will now be 4-5 lines of one helluva lot of
What's being used to measure output power? Measured using dummy load or ?? Enough mic gain to achieve blinking ALC led? What is the CW key-down power? I have an Orion I. Recently I traded with anothe
Thanks Dale. It's curious that I'm not receiving (back) my posts. An MSN mail "anomaly"? -- Original Message -- From: Dale Putnam<mailto:daleputnam@hotmail.com> To: tentec@contesting.com<mailto:tente
I have both Craftsman and Bondhus wrenches in both SAE and metric. The SAE 1/16" wrenches mic at 0.061, and the metric 1.5mm wrenches mic at 0.059. Either one should work nicely on your Argosy. Allen
Alan, Try Gary W0DVN at dukeshifi@comcast.net<mailto:dukeshifi@comcast.net> for an OEM "pull" encoder. Got a pulled VFO encoder from him last year for my 565, and it worked fb. Allen--W7GIF -- Origin
Gary, Heads up for paypal $45 for one oven for me. See direct email to you re additional 565 part. Since I need three myself, I am willing to lead this. I ownt place an order until I have payment to
That O II fuse is a BUSS (mfr), their p/n is ATM-25. Allen--W7GIF -- Original Message -- From: Charles Lewis<mailto:xanthi@skybest.com> To: tentec@contesting.com<mailto:tentec@contesting.com> Sent: W
Bob, Yes, at least some...or,maybe all...546-C's have a lighted index line on the dial escutcheon (at least thru s/n 35xx, which I have). To the best of my knowledge, all 546-C's have digital readout