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41. [TenTec] FS: Delta II (score: 1)
Author: "Bill W1PA" <w1pa@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 11:22:03 -0400
I had this up for sale back in Jan 2010; nibbles but no takers. This was a small restoration project from an estate --needed some general clean-up, a new EL backlight, and a new speaker. Most of my o
/archives//html/TenTec/2011-04/msg00326.html (7,690 bytes)

42. Re: [TenTec] FS: Delta II (score: 1)
Author: "Bill W1PA" <w1pa@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 12:55:02 -0400
To be clear, it needed it, and received it. (it has a new EL backlight and speaker) Bill W1PA _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.c
/archives//html/TenTec/2011-04/msg00329.html (7,073 bytes)

43. [TenTec] Delta II/Argonaut II: RX audio issue (score: 1)
Author: "Bill W1PA" <w1pa@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 14:05:41 -0400
I was giving my Delta II a "check-out" this weekend, and noticed an issue with the RX audio. The best way I can describe it is that it sounds like "de-sense" or strong adjacent signal overload... the
/archives//html/TenTec/2011-05/msg00129.html (8,074 bytes)

44. Re: [TenTec] Ten Tec Omni D Intermittent Receive Problem (score: 1)
Author: "Bill Acito W1PA" <w1pa@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 10:13:09 -0400
I had this happen on an Omni VI+, and I found a bad pin on a filter. Looked as though some contaminant had been there when the pin was soldered to the filter PCB, and it had not wetted well... the pi
/archives//html/TenTec/2011-06/msg00181.html (7,491 bytes)

45. [TenTec] OT: swapping a Tantalum for a Electrolytic (score: 1)
Author: "Bill W1PA" <w1pa@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:17:12 -0500
Besides my various Ten Tecs, I will occasionally refurb something else. I have a TS-50 that suffers the classic "leaky" electrolytic issue... (they leak and damage the underlying board traces). I nee
/archives//html/TenTec/2012-01/msg00072.html (7,448 bytes)

46. [TenTec] 540/Triton Mods (score: 1)
Author: "Bill ACITO, W1PA" <w1pa@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 13:09:55 -0500
I tried to contact Jerry directly but the email bounced. Rather than sending snail-mail, does anyone have this fore-mentioned doc (word file) they can send me directly? The last item is available on
/archives//html/TenTec/2015-02/msg00108.html (8,188 bytes)

47. Re: [TenTec] 252Mo supply (score: 1)
Author: "Bill ACITO, W1PA" <w1pa@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 17:50:03 -0500
With my 540, I got a 262G that has two TO-3 pass transistors... they are marked: S S S PR216M (actually, based on mounting holes on the heatsink, it looks like there was originally one, and then it w
/archives//html/TenTec/2015-02/msg00139.html (8,526 bytes)

48. Re: [TenTec] 252Mo supply (score: 1)
Author: "Bill ACITO, W1PA" <w1pa@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 18:16:07 -0500
I love the multi-power-resistor ammeter shunt wrapped around the heatsink, btw. hmmmm.... I take it back. I googled pictures of the 262G and I don't see any other units with them. That may not be the
/archives//html/TenTec/2015-02/msg00141.html (9,054 bytes)

49. Re: [TenTec] 252Mo supply (score: 1)
Author: "Bill ACITO, W1PA" <w1pa@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 18:29:39 -0500
NO EXCUSES, PEOPLE! If you do not have a crowbar on your power supply, add one! Big time agree. Direct personal experience here... my first Ten Tec was an Omni-A bought new circa 1980 by my father (I
/archives//html/TenTec/2015-02/msg00143.html (8,985 bytes)

50. [TenTec] 540/Triton Dial Re-string Diagram (score: 1)
Author: Bill Acito <w1pa@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2015 20:27:53 -0400
I received a re-string kit from Ten Tec this afternoon, but no diagram -- I got PTO removal instructions, but not a cord diagram. Anyone have either a drawing or picture of what is should look like?
/archives//html/TenTec/2015-03/msg00073.html (7,125 bytes)

51. [TenTec] 540/Triton Transmit Audio Distortion (score: 1)
Author: Bill Acito <w1pa@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2015 01:41:46 -0400
My restoration project continues... My project 540 has great receive audio, but very distorted transmit audio, as if it was being overdriven. Power out into a dummy loadlooks good, but on another rec
/archives//html/TenTec/2015-04/msg00066.html (7,484 bytes)

52. Re: [TenTec] 540/Triton Transmit Audio Distortion (score: 1)
Author: Bill Acito <w1pa@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2015 18:12:55 -0400
I have a Delta and Omni-A, so I am setting the ALC/Drive correctly. I'll try taking the finals out of the equation. I also note there are bias settings on both the finals and the OT-TR assembly that
/archives//html/TenTec/2015-04/msg00078.html (8,189 bytes)

53. Re: [TenTec] 540/Triton Transmit Audio Distortion (score: 1)
Author: Bill Acito <w1pa@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2015 14:51:33 -0400
Good point, Wade. I put a dummy load on both the 540 and the other RX. I also tried to work a station on 20m last night, and they said "I hear someone calling, but you are very distorted".I swapped
/archives//html/TenTec/2015-04/msg00088.html (8,895 bytes)

54. Re: [TenTec] 540/Triton Transmit Audio Distortion (score: 1)
Author: "Bill ACITO, W1PA" <w1pa@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2015 15:55:10 -0400
Update Due to having a second rig (a Triton IV), as well as some extra boards I have picked up over the years, I was able to swap out all of the critical boards in the rig, including the PA module, w
/archives//html/TenTec/2015-04/msg00103.html (9,091 bytes)

55. Re: [TenTec] 540/Triton Transmit Audio Distortion (score: 1)
Author: "Bill ACITO, W1PA" <w1pa@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 15:27:29 -0400
Resolved. After finally doing some real voltage checks per the manual rather than just the board swaps, I found the +8 (REG) line at 13.8V. I ordered and replaced the MC1723CL on the source logic boa
/archives//html/TenTec/2015-04/msg00133.html (9,725 bytes)

56. [TenTec] Looking for a Ten Tec 254 manual tuner manual (score: 1)
Author: Bill Acito <w1pa@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 22:25:10 -0400
Anyone have a scan? It should be 3 or 4 pages. Usual sites don't have it. The meter board is different versus the 229. Bill W1PA _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list Te
/archives//html/TenTec/2015-10/msg00091.html (6,974 bytes)

57. [TenTec] Corsair I refurb project (score: 1)
Author: Bill Acito <w1pa@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2015 10:27:19 -0400
Must be Corsair week. :-) I have a new-to-me Corsair I -- my winter refurb project. Good receive (mostly), good condition, two primary issues: 1. No RX 160 and 80: freq counter bounces around on 0.18
/archives//html/TenTec/2015-10/msg00166.html (7,243 bytes)

58. Re: [TenTec] Corsair I refurb project (score: 1)
Author: "Bill ACITO, W1PA" <w1pa@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 10:54:09 -0400
Number 1 is fixed. As pointed out/suggested loose crystals. I should have know this from my Omni-A/D/C experience. Now on to #2: On transmit I see no power, and no current draw. Whats the best way to
/archives//html/TenTec/2015-10/msg00202.html (8,668 bytes)

59. Re: [TenTec] Corsair I refurb project (score: 1)
Author: "Bill ACITO, W1PA" <w1pa@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 14:27:36 -0400
Thanks Al. Yeah, I thought of that. At the risk of overthinking this: - no ALC light at all - zero output (both finals gone?) - zero additional current (finals are not shorted?) - both open? maybe th
/archives//html/TenTec/2015-10/msg00205.html (10,987 bytes)

60. Re: [TenTec] Corsair I refurb project (score: 1)
Author: Bill Acito <w1pa@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 23:34:41 -0400
On transmit with drive turned down, rig goes from drawing 1A to about 1.4A... bias on finals seems ok. Putting an ammeter in line with the drivers, no current (supposed to be 4 to 8 mA)... bias adju
/archives//html/TenTec/2015-10/msg00212.html (8,686 bytes)


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