I bought one of those inductors from Ten Tec a few years ago. I don't
know if they still sell them. The cost was $24 and the part number is
80402. It is variable in 47 steps from 0.1 to 20 uH. They also sold a
low power variable cap (207 pf).
Bob WB2VUF
"Winston F. Jones" wrote:
>
> I believe that Ten-Tec made their own tunable inductors for their 300-watt
> models. Rather than taps, they used a slider contact, sort of like a
> rheostat.
> 73, Winston K4CWQ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mecozzi, Al" <amecozzi@copper.net>
> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 11:54 AM
> Subject: [TenTec] 2A GA Omni A, Omni D at w4rrw
>
> Bob:
>
> I have come to the same conclusion you did, a home brew antenna tuner would
> probably be better than most of the tuners built for 300 watts or less. I
> too am interested in using the same switchable inductor as used in the Ten
> Tec tuner. What I am trying to do is find out who makes the inductor, what
> are it's specs, and where can you get them. It may be that Ten Tec makes
> them themselves rather than buy them from some else. I have been doing a lot
> of research on antenna tuners and have decided that the "T" type is the best
> all around tuner configuration.
>
> 73...Al...WA8LBZ
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