I'm not familiar with the TT regens, but don't forget that regens are pretty broad, which might be a problem on a busy band. Also, the TT regens do not have vernier tuning dials, just coarse and fine
I swapped the same filter into my Corsair years ago. It made a very noticeable improvement in skirt selectivity on both SSB and CW. Highly recommended! _______________________________________________
John: ARRL now has a book on Emergency Power written by Mike Bryce of Sunlight Energy Systems and Heathkit fame. I don't have the book (yet), but it should be helpful. 73, Bob WB2VUF John wrote: ____
I do remember reading about putting a ground braid on the shield cover that goes over the processor. `` 73, Bob WB2VUF _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@conte
I can attest to the capabilities of the old Trimm headphones. In my pre-novice days (1963-1964) of building code practice oscillators, my dad came up with a set for the project. They were old even th
Don: Its probably a 2.4 kHz wide 9 MHz filter. This was standard equipment in the first i.f. of Omnis and Corsairs, but some (many?) of us replaced them with the 8-pole 9 MHz filter for better skirt
With Ten Tec discontinuing most of the transverter kits, are there any alternative, low cost units, kits or assembled currently available? SSB Electronics transverters are pretty expensive, Down East
I don't remember the exact setup, but it was written up in the book, Kon Tiki. Battery charging must have been done by hand crank or by a small engine. I was told that one of the operators had been a
There really isn't anything exotic in the Scout modules. There are 2 plug-in boards in the housing. One has the TX bandpass filter, all passive components, and the other has a crystal oscillator, low
Interesting... Those edge connectors look like standard spacing. In fact, they must be because of the connector that they plug into. One could probably get prototype blank boards with edge connectors
Yes, I thought about that, but I haven't done the math. Actually, the Scout has a 2.5 MHz PTO, but the second harmonic may cause trouble, although there is a low pass filter on the PTO output. 73, Bo
Thanks, Alan, I checked the TG Electronics web site. It looks like a quality unit. The "boost during transmit" is an excellent feature. I see that it can also be set to 15 V for powering a laptop com
I had a similar experience. I didn't realize until my Scout was out of warranty that the filter was a little off. I paid Ten Tec to fix it and its fine now. For its simplicity and the fact that the t
I'm in. I've never had an antenna higher than about 25 or 30 feet. Since I was licensed in 1966, I've run mainly verticals and dipoles. These days I have a low NVIS dipole for 80 m and a loop for 60-
The Paragon II should not suffer from PLL problems. Ten Tec redesigned the PLL boards. The main PLL problem with the Paragon was poor soldering on the PLL boards. This can be fixed by reflowing the s
Its probably just a VCO alignment problem. There are 4 VCO's to cover the whole frequency range. The four cover 0.1 to 7.0, 7.0 to 14.0, 14.0 to 22.0 and 22.0 to 30 MHz. The test point is at the junc
What kind of antenna are you using? I had a G5RV that was really deaf on 10 m. A 10 m dipole in the attic was better. 73, Bob WB2VUF _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing lis
The Ford fuel pump RFI filter produces mixed results and requires dropping the tank because the filter is installed right at the pump. A better way (IMHO) is to cut into the pump wiring at the neares
The SP-600 has a single 6V6 in the output. Output is rated at 2.0 watts maximum into a 600 ohm load. There is no 8 ohm output. 73, Bob WB2VUF _______________________________________________ TenTec ma