John, I'm with you on this one. While the Rebel is competitive as a QRP rig in its own right, I also see it positioned for someone like a young teen neighbor of mine who (while I haven't had much tim
Admit it, JHR, you created the group and posted it here as a shameless plug to promote discussion of "REBEL YELL BOURBON" by Ten-Tec owners HI HI!! 73, Al <snip> I will donate a bottle of REBEL YELL
Steve, Since you're our "guinea pig" on this one, are you willng to try putting some wax on the line and then re-running the wet vs. dry tests to see if that makes any difference as some claim? Altho
Possibly a homebrew clone (or the prototype/testbed rig) of the Ron Lee (if I remember correctly) AGC mods? As I recall there were comments that TT engineers looked at the mod and incorporated ideas
"The higher the voltage excursion, the longer the linear portion of the output/drive power curve. For this reason, amplifiers powered from 40V or 50V DC exhibit considerably better linearity, and thu
Dumb question - what about cinder block walls? I'd think that would be more fire resistant than sheetrock and can be "DIY" with "dry stack" construction (blocks without mortar in between but with str
(Hope I'm understanding your question right, HI!!) There is a "budget priced" lower power "clone" (to use the term very loosely!) of the 238 that might help you understand the concept of how the L ne
Somewhere in the "tinker stuff" of my now SK dad's there was/is a homebrew wooden ladder line jig. The method was to lay pieces of polystyrene rod or square "stick" and the wires into designated plac
This gives some credibility to the OOT's (Old Old Timers) reported practice of tying a string to the end of the feedline for retrieval purposes and then tossing the feedline out the window onto the g
Be careful clicking on links even if you do have good antivirus etc. protection. Look up "Zero day exploit" if you want to see what I mean. There was an article on the IBM Developerworks site (unfort
Actually, there is already a government mandated "clean transmitter standard." It's called "Sec. 97.307" (as in FCC Part 97) and is titled "Emission standards." Might an update of this section of Par
Rick, 97.307 doesn't specify which order IMD or what testing method; paragraph (d) just says "spurious emissions" must be at least 43 dB below fundamental (2003 on, pre-1978 products are exempt.) I i
Well said Bob. The only thing I'd note is that in the broadcast industry "back then" (I was a small market AM chief and TV operating and maintenance engineer for a while) "good engineering practice"
An LPF relay could be a suspect, or a component in the LPF for those bands may have changed value. (Apples and oranges here, but I had an Argosy way back when that went to TT for warranty service on
That's funny - I thought some company named "Ten-Tec" announced a new rig featuring open-source firmware at Dayton. They called it the Model 506 "Rebel" and they are currently taking pre-orders for i
Rick, I have to agree. Even with just casual operating (I'm not a contester) I've seen more than one situation where other stations were complaining about "splatter" or QRM (on both SSB and CW) which
I'm a little late with the reply here, but I think this needs to be said. It is a rarity indeed to see a spokesman for a U.S. company give a "mea culpa" simply because they didn't bring a product to
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