- 1. Re: [TenTec] OT: Question about TS-590 possible problem (score: 1)
- Author: Don Allen <w9cw@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2012 11:45:34 -0500
- Question... why doesn't Bob, Rick or someone else post a query about all of this on the TS-590 Yahoo group? There are some technically-oriented folks on that group, and I thought that Rick was a memb
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-10/msg00073.html (19,152 bytes)
- 2. Re: [TenTec] Station power supply?? (score: 1)
- Author: Don Allen <w9cw@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2012 20:52:47 -0500
- If any of you haven't checked out this website, you may wish to do so as it includes some instructive info on Astron supplies. http://www.repeater-builder.com/astron/astron-intro-stuff.html 73 Don W9
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-09/msg00066.html (11,447 bytes)
- 3. Re: [TenTec] Station power supply?? (score: 1)
- Author: Don Allen <w9cw@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2012 10:31:33 -0500
- This is a discussion that has been going on for a long time with Astron supplies, although a few other manufacturers have also been known to tie the negative output to chassis ground. As previously n
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-09/msg00103.html (11,351 bytes)
- 4. Re: [TenTec] Station power supply?? (score: 1)
- Author: Don Allen <w9cw@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2012 15:12:00 -0500
- Jim, This is a most interesting thread... A quick question: Is it best to connect equipment together from chassis to chassis, or from each individual chassis to a single point ground? I was taught it
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-09/msg00131.html (12,006 bytes)
- 5. Re: [TenTec] TenTec Digest, Power Supplies (score: 1)
- Author: Don Allen <w9cw@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2012 12:50:22 -0500
- I use two Astron RS-35M supplies which are on the carpeted floor beneath the operating desks for the HF rigs, with the exception for the 280 linear for my old Omni A Series B. I've tested a number of
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-09/msg00185.html (10,695 bytes)
- 6. Re: [TenTec] TenTec Digest, Switching Supplies (score: 1)
- Author: Don Allen <w9cw@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2012 21:51:56 -0500
- Most of the older style Linksys routers, such as the WRT54G and WRT54GL were, and still are, notorious for creating hash... not only their switch mode wall warts, but the Ethernet outputs did not inc
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-09/msg00201.html (9,735 bytes)
- 7. Re: [TenTec] question about the omni c #546 (score: 1)
- Author: Don Allen <w9cw@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 20:45:38 -0500
- I'm going by memory from 30 years ago, but I believe T-T didn't recommend 17 meters due to images, etc. because of the 9MHz I.F. on the original Omni series. 73 Don W9CW Randy ab9go Sent from my mobi
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-09/msg00278.html (8,571 bytes)
- 8. Re: [TenTec] wtb Century 21 Tuner and keyer (score: 1)
- Author: Don Allen <w9cw@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:36:35 -0500
- Does anyone have a tuner and or keyer that matches the C21 in good working order they wish to part with? 73 kb3drw Don _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@conte
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-08/msg00031.html (7,603 bytes)
- 9. Re: [TenTec] wtb Century 21 Tuner and keyer (score: 1)
- Author: Don Allen <w9cw@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:41:30 -0500
- Don, I've seen the 670 keyer/paddle on eBay at times, but having owned one back in 1978, I would recommend using another alternative. The paddle is not very good! One man's opinion of course... And,
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-08/msg00032.html (7,903 bytes)
- 10. Re: [TenTec] new amp (score: 1)
- Author: Don Allen <w9cw@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 13:35:10 -0500
- Jim, I certainly fully agree on your statement regarding Ten-Tec engineering, build-quality, and overall QC. However, unless I'm reading or inferring the below statement incorrectly, it appears you i
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-08/msg00174.html (9,354 bytes)
- 11. Re: [TenTec] new amp (score: 1)
- Author: Don Allen <w9cw@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 15:37:58 -0500
- The vast majority of the MFJ family of products are manufactured in Starkville at the respective MFJ & Vectronics, Ameritron, Cushcraft & Hy-Gain, and Mirage facilities. He also has a standalone meta
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-08/msg00179.html (11,167 bytes)
- 12. Re: [TenTec] new amp (score: 1)
- Author: Don Allen <w9cw@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:11:53 -0500
- I am sure Ten-Tec has done their "due diligence" in terms of market research on the new amp. There's still a significant installed base of 505/509/515 Argonauts out there, along with the Argonaut V,
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-08/msg00183.html (12,102 bytes)
- 13. Re: [TenTec] Omni cabinet covering (score: 1)
- Author: Don Allen <w9cw@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 10:37:35 -0500
- The grill manufacturer Weber actually sells a Barbeque Black aerosol paint. It's available at most Weber dealers. Not sure about the "Big Box" stores, but around here the hardware stores that sell We
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-08/msg00283.html (9,979 bytes)
- 14. Re: [TenTec] Omni cabinet covering (score: 1)
- Author: Don Allen <w9cw@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:44:06 -0500
- Not sure of the width required for the OP needs, but I've used this on smaller Ten-Tec rigs with excellent results... see link below -- Also, I believe the original Ten-Tec vinyl covering was manufac
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-08/msg00285.html (15,564 bytes)
- 15. Re: [TenTec] TEN TEC FS (score: 1)
- Author: Don Allen <w9cw@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:06:31 -0600
- I recently shipped a wattmeter to Australia via USPS International Priority Mail. Other than sitting in Chicago's International Outgoing Parcel Customs Unit for two weeks (!), all went fine. Once it
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-03/msg00057.html (8,196 bytes)
- 16. Re: [TenTec] Best Travel Rig. (score: 1)
- Author: Don Allen <w9cw@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:00:41 -0600
- It's cute and convenient, but both the RX and the TX are pure crap. 73, Jim K9YC That is certainly true with the FT-857D RX (wideband RX), and after all the TX is 160 thru 440. It's not even in the
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-02/msg00315.html (9,141 bytes)
- 17. [TenTec] Re. [Ten Tec] Grounds (score: 1)
- Author: Don Allen <w9cw@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:42:37 -0600
- What Jim says is true, but sometimes - as in my case - it's a bit difficult to put into practice. My station is located in a finished basement with a series of ground rods at ground level approximate
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-01/msg00144.html (11,532 bytes)
- 18. [TenTec] [Ten Tec] Grounds (score: 1)
- Author: Don Allen <w9cw@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:14:14 -0600
- The deck was in the process of being built when the two Illinois Power electrical utility employees installed the buried electrical service to the meter, and the ground rod was installed directly ben
- /archives//html/TenTec/2012-01/msg00185.html (7,793 bytes)
- 19. Re: [TenTec] QRP transceivers (score: 1)
- Author: Don Allen <w9cw@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:57:50 -0600
- The Elecraft KX3 is totally an Elecraft design, and it's a software-defined radio (SDR) architecture, plus roofing filters. I know Eric reasonably well, and I can assure you the KX3 is not a "copy ca
- /archives//html/TenTec/2011-12/msg00241.html (8,494 bytes)
- 20. Re: [TenTec] QRP transceivers (score: 1)
- Author: Don Allen <w9cw@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:08:15 -0600
- No offense taken here at all... I just thought there was some confusion on how the KX3 evolved. It's actually larger than either of the other rigs too. It would be rather humorous if Elecraft importe
- /archives//html/TenTec/2011-12/msg00248.html (8,332 bytes)
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