- 61. Re: [TenTec] Jupiter firmware any news???? (score: 1)
- Author: Bwana Bob <wb2vuf@gti.net>
- Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:46:48 -0400
- Absolutely! We wouldn't want our GI's to buy import radios. Ten Tec wants to be patriotic and give the military priority, plus they have to pay the bills, and its no doubt a lucrative contract. We sh
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-08/msg00205.html (9,877 bytes)
- 62. Re: [TenTec] 229A Tuner question (score: 1)
- Author: Bwana Bob <wb2vuf@gti.net>
- Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:05:04 -0400
- David: If your other rig has an output that will power the tuner lamps, why not just make a "Y" cable between the 2 radios and the tuner. Put diodes in series with the legs of the "Y" that run from e
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-08/msg00206.html (10,762 bytes)
- 63. Re: [TenTec] EMP Product Obsolescence (score: 1)
- Author: Bwana Bob <wb2vuf@gti.net>
- Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:11:45 -0400
- I know that your comment was tongue-in-cheek, as was my response! Have fun and 73, Bob WB2VUF _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.co
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-08/msg00330.html (11,918 bytes)
- 64. Re: [TenTec] Corsair II QSK (score: 1)
- Author: Bwana Bob <wb2vuf@gti.net>
- Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:24:07 -0400
- Good show! It is harder to find a wrong component than a faulty one. You will surely enjoy the Corsair. It is a classic. I have a Paragon, Scout, and original Corsair. The Corsair is my preferred CW
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-08/msg00331.html (9,412 bytes)
- 65. Re: [TenTec] Corsair II QSK (score: 1)
- Author: Bwana Bob <wb2vuf@gti.net>
- Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:24:25 -0400
- Steve: Yes, my on-off switch burned up a couple of years ago, but I haven;t replaced it because I don't feel like pulling the front panel off. I use the switch on the power supply anyway. Maybe somed
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-08/msg00347.html (10,399 bytes)
- 66. Re: [TenTec] PTO adjustment (score: 1)
- Author: Bwana Bob <wb2vuf@gti.net>
- Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:20:32 -0400
- I think that they are called "belleville washers". Bob WB2VUF _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/te
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-09/msg00177.html (8,216 bytes)
- 67. Re: [TenTec] Scout S-meters (score: 1)
- Author: Bwana Bob <wb2vuf@gti.net>
- Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:49:46 -0400
- Mike: Mouser Electronics has some edgewise meters, but the one that Ocean State Electronics has looks really promising. It even has S-meter and SWR scales. I haven't tried it but it looks like it mig
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-10/msg00005.html (8,610 bytes)
- 68. Re: [TenTec] Corsair dig. readout (score: 1)
- Author: Bwana Bob <wb2vuf@gti.net>
- Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:50:05 -0500
- Maybe the clock oscillator in the counter is intermittent. Also check the usual stuff like the connectors on the counter module and cold solder joints. 73, Bob WB2VUF ________________________________
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-11/msg00066.html (7,751 bytes)
- 69. Re: [TenTec] Paragon Clock (score: 1)
- Author: Bwana Bob <wb2vuf@gti.net>
- Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:53:15 -0500
- Thanks, Gary. I always thought that there was a software bug that caused mine to shift by an hour sometimes! Ha! 73, Bob WB2VUF _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list Ten
- /archives//html/TenTec/2008-11/msg00067.html (9,142 bytes)
- 70. Re: [TenTec] TT meter lamps? (score: 1)
- Author: Bwana Bob <wb2vuf@gti.net>
- Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2009 13:13:04 -0500
- Mouser Electronics (http://www.mouser.com/chicagomin) has them: part number 606-CM1892. A suitable substitute is the 1813, part number 606-CM1813. The "CM" stands for Chicago Miniature Lamp Company.
- /archives//html/TenTec/2009-01/msg00028.html (8,587 bytes)
- 71. Re: [TenTec] Omni D drift problem (score: 1)
- Author: Bwana Bob <wb2vuf@gti.net>
- Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 11:51:36 -0500
- Gil: All Ten Tec PTO's have a temperature compensation capacitor. On the schematic it is shown as "value selected in production". Some selections were better than others. It may be an N750 type (nega
- /archives//html/TenTec/2009-01/msg00087.html (8,408 bytes)
- 72. Re: [TenTec] 1208 Transverter (score: 1)
- Author: Bwana Bob <wb2vuf@gti.net>
- Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:12:54 -0500
- Well, you could build a "swamping pad", a resistive attenuator with a dummy load. Run the Corsair at full power but set up the resistor values so that 95% of the power goes into the dummy load and 5%
- /archives//html/TenTec/2009-01/msg00118.html (9,480 bytes)
- 73. Re: [TenTec] OT: Strange CW on 80m (score: 1)
- Author: Bwana Bob <wb2vuf@gti.net>
- Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:27:14 -0500
- It is nice to know that someone other than hams is using cw! My old copy of Grove's Shortwave Directory lists several freqs in the 80m band as being used by the Russian navy. Aren't there some weathe
- /archives//html/TenTec/2009-01/msg00214.html (12,631 bytes)
- 74. Re: [TenTec] WANT copies of Ten-Tec service or technical bulletins.... (score: 1)
- Author: Bwana Bob <wb2vuf@gti.net>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:25:58 -0500
- Jerry, I don't have any service bulletins, but what is the Century 22 QSK mod? Thanks. 73, Bob WB2VUF _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://
- /archives//html/TenTec/2009-01/msg00382.html (8,482 bytes)
- 75. Re: [TenTec] bill orr article (score: 1)
- Author: Bwana Bob <wb2vuf@gti.net>
- Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:11:02 -0500
- Yes, The G5RV is optimized only for 20 meters, where it is a 3/2 wavelength. The 30 feet of twin lead is a matching section cut for 20 meters. At the end of the twin lead on all other bands the swr w
- /archives//html/TenTec/2009-01/msg00432.html (10,430 bytes)
- 76. Re: [TenTec] OT (score: 1)
- Author: Bwana Bob <wb2vuf@gti.net>
- Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:15:57 -0500
- Well, they have them on portable AM/FM "emergency radios" and there are hand cranked cell phone chargers. To run a transmitter you need a bigger generator. They are on the surplus market and there is
- /archives//html/TenTec/2009-01/msg00433.html (8,272 bytes)
- 77. Re: [TenTec] bill orr article (score: 1)
- Author: Bwana Bob <wb2vuf@gti.net>
- Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 15:18:20 -0500
- If bringing twin lead, either ladder or window type, into the shack is an issue, it is possible to mount a 1:1 balun just outside and run coax into the building. The swr on the coax will be high, dep
- /archives//html/TenTec/2009-02/msg00014.html (16,203 bytes)
- 78. Re: [TenTec] OT (score: 1)
- Author: Bwana Bob <wb2vuf@gti.net>
- Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 15:27:08 -0500
- Well, part of the trick is to run at reduced power. 20-30W on SSB and even less on CW is adequate for survival communications. I typically run my Scout at 30W output and I can reliably work the New J
- /archives//html/TenTec/2009-02/msg00015.html (10,553 bytes)
- 79. Re: [TenTec] OT (score: 1)
- Author: Bwana Bob <wb2vuf@gti.net>
- Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 15:29:57 -0500
- Ron: Thanks, I'll check out that battery. 7 lb is pretty light weight for 35 Ah. Yes, that would run my Scout for a long time. I could probably feed the battery directly with my 10W solar panel, thro
- /archives//html/TenTec/2009-02/msg00016.html (9,353 bytes)
- 80. Re: [TenTec] G5RV (score: 1)
- Author: Bwana Bob <wb2vuf@gti.net>
- Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 16:01:30 -0500
- There is one design that I saw that uses ladder line and no tuner. It uses a series of switches to switch in different lengths of 450 ohm line to achieve a good match to coax through a 1:1 choke balu
- /archives//html/TenTec/2009-02/msg00101.html (11,910 bytes)
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