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Re: [TenTec] TT 238C will not tune

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] TT 238C will not tune
From: "Bob McGraw - K4TAX" <RMcGraw@Blomand.net>
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Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 06:32:09 -0500
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Correct Jim, the cord can be installed such that either way could be maximum inductance. In general I find that #30 is, or at least should be in my thinking, maximum inductance.

Having had my tuner for some years, the cord has long deteriorated. Maybe one day I'll get around to replacing it. In the mean time, I did make a chart for each antenna and each band and with several frequencies noted. Today I just set the C for the value on the chart, set the BYPASS switch for the value on the chart and crank the L for the lowest SWR. It really doesn't get much faster than that. Also a very important note, my switching arrangement does allow me to use my analyzer to set the value. I do not transmit while making adjustments. We have enough QRM on the bands without some bozo generating carrier to make tuning adjustments.

73
Bob, K4TAX


----- Original Message ----- From: "denton sprague" <denton@oregontrail.net> To: <k9yc@arrl.net>; "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 11:52 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] TT 238C will not tune


yeah…just found that out! should of caught that sooner…..
I had a 238C demo that TT sent me some time back and for the life of me could not remember the dial numbers being reversed.
On Jul 26, 2013, at 9:47 PM, Jim Brown <k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:

On 7/26/2013 9:30 PM, denton sprague wrote:
set the inductor to full scale? full clockwise reading 30?

Depending on how the dial cord is put together, the inductor readout can be backwards. Most of my 229/238 tuners have minimum L at the 0 setting (all the way to the left), but one has it at 30 (all the way to the right).

73, Jim K9YC
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