[Amps] Fw: Ten-Tec Centurion Load Capacitance

[Jim W7RY]

I don’t understand your point?

Yes, I can read the dial and see what the capacitor is showing....

73
Jim W7RY


-----Original Message----- 
From: Rob Atkinson
Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2012 11:46 AM
To: Jim W7RY
Cc: AMPS
Subject: Re: [Amps] Fw: Ten-Tec Centurion Load Capacitance

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