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Re: [TenTec] Testing Argosy final amp current

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Testing Argosy final amp current
From: Ed - K9EW <k9ew57@gmail.com>
Reply-to: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 08:05:47 -0600
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Hi John,

Wouldn't it be worth a call to Ten Tec to get the information directly from
them?

73,
ed - k9ew

On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 11:02 PM, John <jh.graves@verizon.net> wrote:

> After considering  several different approaches, I concluded that
> cutting the red lead at about the center of the run was both the easiest
> to access and easiest to repair.  The deed is done.
>
> With a dummy load on the Argosy ( nothing said to put a load on the
> output but it seemed logical at the time) I measured the current with
> the output set to high and drive set to 1.  At 1 and below, the current
> is about 60-80 ma.  The manual says the quiescent current should be 125
> ma with the gain set all the way clockwise. I see 150 ma with the gain
> set about at 2. With the gain at about 8 the current rose to close to
> 800 ma.  The measurement is taken after putting the mode control at
> LOCK. Am I doing something incorrectly?  Does anybody have any thoughts
> or corrections to my measurement process?.  Given the difficult
> replacement of the finals, I am reluctant to just play.
>
> John / WA1JG
>
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