[TenTec] Centaur

[ve3ios@servers.ca (Jeff Peacock)]

I always get 500 watts from my Centaur. I get best results when I am on the
antennas that have balanced wire feedlines such as 450 ohm ladder line. You
must use an antenna tuner for coax feedlines even if you have a 1:1 swr. The
amp is very picky about that. I never run it at 600 watts flat out only 500
watts.
Jeff
ve3ios
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul DeWitte K9OT" <k9ot@mhtc.net>
To: <TenTec@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 1:04 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Centaur


> I would like to thank all who responded to my inquiry  about low output of
> the Centaur. By exceeding their recomendations of 550 mills plate current
I
> have got around 500w out. I think almost 600 on one band. This is not my
amp
> but the person that bought it is not very happy with the results (400w out
> and not 600W) as the book says. This does not speak very well for Ten Tec
in
> my opinion. I had thought about buying a Centurian because I want the Ten
> Tec QSK. For you Centurian owners is this the same deal of only 2/3 the
> output of advertised or does it put out 1kw on cw like they say? Thanks 73
> Paul k9ot
>
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