[Amps] Ten-Tec Titan 10 Meter Input SWR

[Gary Smith]

Hi Jim, yes that is exactly what they had. 
They worked perfectly in every situation I 
used them in. It was a nice efficient 
board and did exactly as promised.

73,

Gary
KA1J

> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 00:38:47 -0400
> From: "Gary Smith" <Gary at ka1j.com>
> To: amps at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [Amps] Ten-Tec Titan 10 Meter Input SWR
> 
> <I really appreciated the Amp Supply tuned 
> input I put in the 4-1000A amp I made back 
> in the 90's. It was pure simplicity and 
> worked so well. I put one in a SB-220 as 
> well with the same wonderful results.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Gary
> KA1J
> 
> ##  I believe the amp supply tuned input board used arco compression
> caps for both C1 + C2..and a fixed torroid for the coil.    The arco 
> compression caps were padded on 160m.  I think the biggest arco I have
> is aprx  1600 pf. They ranged from  200 pf up to aprx 1600 pf.  Arcos
> have a limited min-max range, which is still ample for any tuned
> input.   Typ would be like 200-500 pf etc.  
> 
> ##  It was ideal for folks with HB amps, and anything else.  Just
> ##  tweak both caps
> for flat swr, then repeat for each band. 
> 
> Jim   VE7RF