Hi again, And thanks to the many of you who responded. Yes, it seems in general agreement that the RF mixer board coil, L3 which was open, was the culprit. Also that this most probably did fail durin
Hi all, My Corsair II, Mod. 561, just arrived back from Ten Tec Service on Friday morning. Note previous post about all the fixes performed. Now have two problems which worry me. 1. Power out at init
Hi again, Called Paul at TT Service as planned this morning. He had me do a couple of things, then asked that I hang up, and test the Corsair using a direct hook up between my Bird 43, with a 100 wat
Have just completed the look over/push the connectors, jiggle boards process. Thought for sure I had found the culprit: a very loose push on connector in the final amp "compartment" right under the
Hi, Have developed a squeak when tuning my Omni VI+. Fiddle, and with some effort, can hang onto the "rear chrome skirt" while, trying to turn the main knob to adjust tension and eliminate the squeak
Aloha, And thanks to Jerry, Dave and Roy, each of whom described exactly what to do! By Jerry: By Roy, And, by Dave: After getting to the inside of the knob, I adopted Jerry's approach: just removed
Yes, as is the matching plug on the Omni PS with external speaker built-in. 73, Jim, KH7M -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/FAQ/tentec Submissions: tentec@contesting.com Administrative reques
Does this sometimes happen immediately after you stop xmiting? Sounds as if you might have a dirty/worn T/R relay contact; otherwise, why would transmitting suddenly return the lost rcvr sensitivity
Look in your Omni VI+ manual, page 4-3. If that relay, K1 right in the middle of that diagram, which is switching the Antenna connector, at the top left of the diagram, to the "RX INPUT" middle diag
Aloha, I have an opportunity to pick up a Corsair II in very great condition. However, I have a Triton 544. I know the rigs are separated by a few years, plus the Corsair I. However, I do not know th
Aloha Jerry, And thank you for the excellent and detailed technical look inside the Tritaon IV and the Corsair ll. I am buying the Corsair, but keep the 544 also for now, hi. BTW, how close does the
Hi all, Is it possible to determine the year, or maybe even the week during the year when Ten Tec equipment was built? I know the year is possible for Vibroplex keys, even back to the early 1900's. A
New (to me) Corsair remote VFO has space for four crystals! Anyone know of source and crystal type needed; might be fun to put in some 40 meter CW crystals. Once upon a time was PR crystals, Petersen
Aloha, Three or four KH6 club stations plan to be active this coming weekend, mostly from beach side sites from Oahu, the Big Island of Hawaii, and Kauai. Here on Kauai, we will be on the island's Ea
Hmmm, seems to be something not correct at the site. When I click on "mod", up comes the long list. Then click on the "sine wave mod", and either nothing, or the computer locks up. Once I saw a brie
in Thanks, Barry, downloaded and printed out the details. Some of the text on the circuit is a bit smuggled, but will ask questions if needed, hi. 73, Jim, KH7M -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.c
Yes, it is replaceable, you simply remove another cover, another bunch of little screws -- don't drop any of them into the rig, hi! BTW, I replaced both the TT 2.4's with INRAD 2.8's. Like them a bi
This is a pretty good site for photos of older TT gear: http://www.acs.oakland.edu/~prvalko/tentec.htm 73, Jim, KH7M -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/tentecfaq.htm Submissions: tentec@contest
Hi, Am fooling around with K6STI's (Brian Beezley's) RITTY program. Used to use it with my Yaesu rig. However, I have not figured out how, with the Omni, to monitor the output signal. With the Yaesu,
Same here, but I have no intention of selling either, hi! 73, Jim, KH7M -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/tentecfaq.htm Submissions: tentec@contesting.com Administrative requests: tentec-REQU