- 61. [TenTec] Production updates? (score: 1)
- Author: "Vic Klein" <vhklein@ptd.net>
- Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 07:55:45 -0400
- Curious if anyone has heard anything about production schedules for orders placed in the big Ten Tec sale? It seems after they sold out of existing stock about 3 days into the sale that everyone got
- /archives//html/TenTec/2014-09/msg00363.html (7,229 bytes)
- 62. [TenTec] Paragon problem (score: 1)
- Author: "Vic Klein" <vhklein@ptd.net>
- Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2014 17:50:54 -0400
- As they say, the stupid shall be punished! Operating portable with my trusty old Triton I during Field Day, I lost almost all receive signal and ended up aborting the operation. When I got home I had
- /archives//html/TenTec/2014-07/msg00304.html (8,872 bytes)
- 63. Re: [TenTec] Omni VI & SignaLink USB (score: 1)
- Author: "Vic Klein" <vhklein@ptd.net>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 10:07:36 -0400
- I realize it isn't the same rig, but I had some set-up issues when I first started using the SignaLink with my Paragon. I left the 705 mic plugged in the front and used the audio-in and out jacks on
- /archives//html/TenTec/2014-07/msg00356.html (10,774 bytes)
- 64. Re: [TenTec] Paragon problem (score: 1)
- Author: "Vic Klein" <vhklein@ptd.net>
- Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 06:34:05 -0400
- Thanks for the suggestions. A few days of sleuthing and talking to Garry at Ten Tec led me to discover that all the input (D1-D8) switching diodes on the Hi-Pass filter board (81330) were "open". Gar
- /archives//html/TenTec/2014-07/msg00429.html (10,839 bytes)
- 65. Re: [TenTec] Paragon problem (score: 1)
- Author: "Vic Klein" <vhklein@ptd.net>
- Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 07:28:33 -0400
- The input diodes were actually BA482's, while the output diodes were 1N4148's. The former has about .7dB lower losses, but also has a breakdown reverse voltage of only 35v as opposed to 75v for the l
- /archives//html/TenTec/2014-07/msg00456.html (9,621 bytes)
- 66. Re: [TenTec] Paragon problem (score: 1)
- Author: "Vic Klein" <vhklein@ptd.net>
- Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 07:44:07 -0400
- Good points, Wade. I have used my Paragon to call the ECARS net 3 times a week for years and always get nice reports and I am able to pull stations in that others have trouble hearing. I love this ra
- /archives//html/TenTec/2014-07/msg00457.html (12,116 bytes)
- 67. Re: [TenTec] A real post and question (score: 1)
- Author: "Vic Klein" <vhklein@ptd.net>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 08:23:22 -0400
- I have an old linear (60's vintage) and to switch it I cobbled up a simple circuit that has worked on 3 different radios without a problem. I got a small 12v relay from radio shack and took 12v from
- /archives//html/TenTec/2014-07/msg00814.html (10,337 bytes)
- 68. Re: [TenTec] A real post and question (score: 1)
- Author: "Vic Klein" <vhklein@ptd.net>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 07:12:10 -0400
- You are right. My old "Loudenboomer" is far from a QSK amp, but the 2 older Ten Tec rigs I have used it on had an external amp NO contact with a delay built in that holds the external relay keyed for
- /archives//html/TenTec/2014-07/msg00869.html (9,403 bytes)
- 69. [TenTec] Thank you Ten Tec! (score: 1)
- Author: "Vic Klein" <vhklein@ptd.net>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 07:45:07 -0400
- Last week I was traveling to East Tennessee for several days and meeting with other family members for a short vacation. I had been spending time on the phone with Garry Green at Ten Tec, who was ver
- /archives//html/TenTec/2014-07/msg00870.html (8,603 bytes)
- 70. [TenTec] Triton I problem (score: 1)
- Author: "Vic Klein" <vhklein@ptd.net>
- Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 09:12:51 -0400
- I have had a Ten Tec Triton I since the 70's. It was my main radio for years, but has been relegated to a "suitcase station" that I sometimes take on trips. I set up in a motel last night and had a f
- /archives//html/TenTec/2014-06/msg00244.html (7,864 bytes)
- 71. Re: [TenTec] Noise Blanker Comparisons (score: 1)
- Author: "Vic Klein" <vhklein@ptd.net>
- Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2013 06:45:48 -0500
- What a nice memory jog, and I feel sure we must know each other, Pat. I also called KUB around 1964 when I was first licensed as a teenager and met the guys who promptly came out to resolve the 6m in
- /archives//html/TenTec/2013-12/msg00155.html (9,324 bytes)
- 72. [TenTec] Paragon power problem (score: 1)
- Author: "Vic Klein" <vhklein@ptd.net>
- Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 11:11:49 -0400
- My 585 paragon has developed an intermittent issue with power dropping off to QRP levels and the ALC light going off. No other issues exist and the signal remains clean and distortion-free when this
- /archives//html/TenTec/2013-09/msg00104.html (7,466 bytes)
- 73. Re: [TenTec] Paragon power problem (score: 1)
- Author: "Vic Klein" <vhklein@ptd.net>
- Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 07:24:42 -0400
- The gounding looked goo and all mounting screws has lock washers that bit into the board edge traces very well. Actually, after more fiddling around I may have located the problem. The coax connector
- /archives//html/TenTec/2013-09/msg00116.html (9,145 bytes)
- 74. Re: [TenTec] IF SDR pan-adaptor using Dongle? (score: 1)
- Author: "Vic Klein" <vhklein@ptd.net>
- Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2013 06:15:16 -0400
- I have one of those that I've used to listen aound on VHF using SDRSharp. It works well, although with poor sensitivity on the supplied 6" mag mount, so it is pretty much limited to FM broadcast or t
- /archives//html/TenTec/2013-08/msg00032.html (8,365 bytes)
- 75. Re: [TenTec] dial lights for OMNI D and Model 544 Triton (score: 1)
- Author: "Vic Klein" <vhklein@ptd.net>
- Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2013 06:49:11 -0400
- When I needed to replace the 6v, 50ma dial lamps in my Triton I a while back, I found they were made from unobtanium or very expensive, even through Ten Tec. However, as memory serves, they are wired
- /archives//html/TenTec/2013-06/msg00031.html (8,825 bytes)
- 76. Re: [TenTec] Trying to save a Paragon, help! (score: 1)
- Author: "Vic Klein" <vhklein@ptd.net>
- Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2013 08:39:09 -0500
- I suspect the connections between the front panel and the main board are an issue. Try reseating those white cable connectors at both ends and see if you get a better response from the controls. Ever
- /archives//html/TenTec/2013-01/msg00022.html (9,380 bytes)
- 77. [TenTec] Paragon output problem (score: 1)
- Author: "Vic Klein" <vhklein@ptd.net>
- Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 06:23:17 -0500
- Lately an odd problem has shown up that I would like some help on. Periodically the SWR indicated on my 585 Paragon will jump to around 3:1 and the output power will drop off to about 1/4 the normal
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-11/msg00077.html (8,026 bytes)
- 78. Re: [TenTec] Paragon output problem (score: 1)
- Author: "Vic Klein" <vhklein@ptd.net>
- Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 06:35:20 -0500
- Bingo! Paul Clinton at Ten Tec emailed me the next morning after I had posted the problem and suggested the same thing. He pointed out that the SWR detection is the last thing in the Paragon before t
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-11/msg00091.html (8,005 bytes)
- 79. Re: [TenTec] My First Ten-Tec (score: 1)
- Author: "Vic Klein" <vhklein@ptd.net>
- Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2012 08:29:24 -0400
- Interesting topic. Mine was also a bit of an accidental purchase. In the early 70's I was just married and living in East Tennessee and was well aware of Ten Tec, but new gear was just not in the bud
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-07/msg00106.html (9,421 bytes)
- 80. Re: [TenTec] PK232 and Paragon 585 (score: 1)
- Author: "Vic Klein" <vhklein@ptd.net>
- Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2012 06:36:30 -0400
- This is timely. When I first got my Paragon I connected the Kantronics KAM interface I was using to the Audio In/Out jacks and got RF in the audio chain. This was easily remedied by just switching to
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-07/msg00223.html (11,707 bytes)
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