Forgot to add this:
Before you hook it up, I suggest you take the covers off the 444 and
get into the fan area and do your best to clean out all the dust
collected on and around both fans over the years. You really want to
take some pains to keep the heat flow area as clean as possible for
maximum heat transfer. I'm sure you are aware that there are no
replacement final transistors available for that amplifier, but there
may be some substitutes. So you really should do what ever you can to
help keep the final transistors as cool as possible. And excuse me if
you already know this, but tune your antenna using the Corsair, THEN
turn on the amplifier....saves ware and tear on the final transistors.
Thats a great combination set up for CW.
73,
Tom - W4BQF
At Monday 08:24 PM 7/18/2005, you wrote:
Well on an impulse I bought a working Hercules 444 over the weekend with
the intent of using it with either my Corsair II station, my Paragon, or
should I be immensely fortunate, my Omni-VI+. This morning I received an
email from Paul Clinton at Ten-Tec informing me that the Hercules Model
444 could only be used with the earlier Omni series transceivers (Omni-C
or before). Of course I traded off my Omni-C station some months back in
order to get my Corsair II station (had the Omni-C for many, many years).
Paul says that the newer Ten-Tec radios don't have the necessary 'T'
voltage for keying the Hercules 444.... although he did take a look at
the accessory jack on the Corsair II and saw that the 'T'voltage is on
pin 1 (with pin 8 as ground). He has no direct knowledge as to whether
the Hercules 444 will work ok on the Corsair II or not but is concerned
that the timing may be incorrect.
So my question to the list is to anyone who has attempted to use the
Hercules 444 with the Corsair II, Paragon, or Omni-VI+ and if so what
was the result? Any success at all?
Thanks in advance.
Jerry, KG6TT
kg6tt@arrl.net
Albany, CA
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