I have been meaning to try that out .... I remember your issue but never experienced it as I woun't approach 30 wpm <grin>. I have been tod by others on the list that had the same issue you did that
Well Jim..... looks like Carl has done the work for us <grin>. Thanks Carl.... if any receiver could detect that chirp it wud be the 340 <grin>.... Someone on the 516 list had reported that 1.04 fixe
Not surprising to me. I bought a new Vibroplex Blue Racer 2000 in early 2001 and it was a mess. Tool marks, chrome imperfections, poorly aligned contacts.... I sent it back. I think the Vibroplex or
I'm truly saddened to hear of Bill's demise. I never met Bill in person but exchanged e-mail's on various topics in the past with him. I remember a qso or two as well..... I remember him fondly... si
Argonaut-V users may wish to check out the newest firmware, version 1.02 at http://www.tentec.com/rfsquared/ Thanks Ken for the heads-up.... AND before anyone reports again this time that the above l
Hummm... that's really odd. The updated History file and firmware 1.02 seem to have disappeared I can vouch for you Ken.... 1.02 was there and minutes later it's gone.... wierd. Must have been some b
The mystery is solved.... TT reports they found a bug in the version 1.02 update and quickly removed the download from the site. As soon as it's fixed it will be back up on the site. Glad I was at wo
Yes.... The TMC mfg CV-591A and it's variants were the most popular. See one on my web page as part of my listening R-390A listening station. Interestingly R-390A's with their RTTY and SSB adaptors
Got my power supplies ( 2ea RS-70M Astrons) today via UPS. Headed home at 4 and went right to work. Adjusted voltages on each amp to same, made custom cables out of #2 welding cable (great stuff to w
the states with it all the time. Wish I still had > it. Anyone have one for sale? I have a PM3A, AC-4 swr/wattmeter and AC-5 antenna tuner I'll sell as a package. All are in excellent unmodified con
It appears that the Motorola MRF454 is indeed a suitable replacement for the MRF458 transistors as reported by W6LX a few days ago. Gary at Ten-Tec service also told me that the MRF454 is the recomme
More info. from Gary at Ten-Tec. Gary informs me that some Omni V, VI maybe even a few VI+'s used MRF458 final transistors. Later the 458's became hard to get and they switched to MRF454's. He tells
I found a brand new Centaur Model 416 amplifier manual in my desk. If you can use it drop me a note.... all I ask is postage for it. Also has the 2 fuses and allen wrench. Mike -- Michael Melland, W9
The manual has been spoken for..... thanks ! Mike -- Michael Melland, W9WIS Winneconne, Wisconsin USA EN54pc qrp-l #1656 - qrparci # 9875 - iparc #252 ars #1075 - http://webpages.charter.net/w9wis/
Have one on order..... which would be better "base rig". Price is really pretty close and wondering which is better value for camper use... no battery power. -- Michael Melland, W9WIS Winneconne, Wis
Well I finally did it.... I bought a very nice Hercules II amplifier to go with my Omni. Now to sell my Centaur <grin>. What I do need is a "Y" cable so I can hook the amp up to the DB25 connector on
Having just purchased another item I must now sell my Ten-Tec Centaur amplifier. The amplifier is about 3 years old and is in perfect condition. I am the original owner (non-smoker). The amp has been
I found noise like that comming from the small switching power supply that was connected to the flatbed scanner in my shack. It's on whenever there is power to the computer by design.... It had been