Maybe the batteries need WATER?
Cheers ... Denny
----- Original Message -----
From: <agtaylor@llnl.gov>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 6:00 PM
Subject: [TenTec] PLEASE, no more arguing about off-topic posts!!! Now a
Tentec quest ion!
>
> Please, oh please, drop this thread about tuners, open lines, and loss
> due to water...
>
> Thank you!
>
> Now back to Tentec issues...
>
> I have an ICOM 706 that I use as a backup rig at my home station.
> It runs from either an A.C. supply or a d.c. battery bank outside.
> It is unfortunately the case that the 706 loses its mind when the
> voltage drops low enough...not alot below 12V will do it. So to
> be really effective as a backup rig I will have to either doctor
> up the battery bank to put out at least 12V as they approach the
> discharge point (putting an additional cell in each string perhaps)
> or replace the radio with one that is less picky. Here is where Tentec
> comes in. I wonder at what voltage the classic Tentec rigs begin to
> fail to work properly. That is, an analog VFO rig. Will a TT 544 / 540
> or Corsair I / II run at significantly lower voltages than 12V? How
> about 10V? Could someone do a test? (I have a TT 544 but it is up
> in Oregon at dad's place and I don't have a variable voltage supply
> anyway!) Tests on an OmniV or OmniVI would likely not be necessary:
> I couldn't afford a 2nd one anyway and their VFO is non-analog and
> likely picky. I don't expect the power output to be the same, of
> course, but if the rig will behave and not go into a fistful of
> spurs would be sufficient.
>
> Does anyone want to address this Tentec topic?
>
> 73 Allan K7GT / AE6TT
>
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>
> Allan G Taylor
>
> agtaylor@llnl.gov
>
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