[Amps] Fw: Ten-Tec Centurion Load Capacitance

[Rob Atkinson]

Unlike some amps, the Centurion cap dials at 10, indicate maximum
capacitance; not maximum loading (in the case of the load cap).

73

Rob
K5UJ


On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 12:25 AM, Jim W7RY <w7ry at centurytel.net> wrote:
> Well the amp is back together. 40 meters will not load without the
> additional loading capacitance!  The tank must not be right!  Oh, one thing
> I did notice is that between 10 and 15 meters, you don’t need to move the
> tune and load knobs to be resonate on both bands!  I bet the 10 and 15 meter
> Q is pretty high.
>
> So I'll go back to the Ten-Tec original setup. I'll also add more
> capacitance for 160 meters other than what's there. It does tune fine, but
> the load cap is almost maxed out at 1900 KHz.
>
> Thanks for all the info!
> Jim W7RY