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JOHN GROSSMAN
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Thu, 14 May 1998 09:11:57 -0700
Ten Tec Digest wrote:
> Ten Tec Digest Wednesday, May 13 1998 Volume 01 : Number 431
>
> In this issue:
>
> RE: [TenTec] (no subject)
> [TenTec] Thanks for QSK/Fan Noise info
> Re: [TenTec] Omni VI
> Re: [TenTec] Thanks for QSK/Fan Noise info
> Re: [TenTec] User must have web problems
> Re: [TenTec] Why so many repeats?
> [TenTec] FS: Corsair II
> [TenTec] Voltages on 252 P/S
>
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> Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 14:27:00 -0700
> From: "Simmons, Reid W" <reid.w.simmons@intel.com>
> Subject: RE: [TenTec] (no subject)
>
> Got a 400 MHz Pentium II at work with a 100 Mbps CAT5 LAN and the TT
> webpage still downloads no slower than most.
>
> Reid, K7YX
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> Subject: RE: [TenTec] (no subject)
> Author: "Bill_Ames@hysoft.com" [SMTP:Bill_Ames@hysoft.com] at MSXGATE
> Date: 5/13/98 10:43 AM
>
> Well, if one has a slow computer and connection then one might set a lower
> standard and therefor slow web sites would seem to be 'fast enough"!
>
> <g>
>
> Bill Ames
> KB1LG
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> Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 16:07:55 -0700
> From: bens@valint.net
> Subject: [TenTec] Thanks for QSK/Fan Noise info
>
> I want to thank the several of you who sent me info on using Ameritron QSK
> with Ten Tec. I will stay with Ten Tec Ampifliers. Also the noise
> problem. I will buy a Centaur or Hercules II and take care of fan noise(ie
> especially Centaur).
>
> 73,
> Bob, KQ7J
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> Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 21:56:36 -0400
> From: "Steve Ellington" <n4lq@iglou.com>
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni VI
>
> - ----------
> >
> > I have had a OMNI V for about 9 years in mint condx. and am considering a
> > OMNI VI plus. My only dissappointment with the rig, is that it doesn't
> have
> > dual receive, which most premium rigs have.
> > Why doesn't Ten-Tec add this feature?
> >
>
> Dual receive comes in two flavors. For example, the Yaesu FT-1000MP allows
> dual receive on one band at a time. One can monitor two frequencies on a
> given band and even reproduce the audio through stereo headphones, one
> freqency for each ear.
>
> The FT-1000D allows independent reception on any combination of bands. It
> more resembles two seperate receivers and of course cost much more $$$$.
>
> The MP method actually is not much more than a split vfo setup. The
> receiver's antenna input is shared. The second receiver has it's own I.F.
> stage but it has less features than the main receiver. For instance,
> filters cannot be cascaded in the second rx but can in the main rx.
>
> Now why didn't TenTec do this? Well my theory is that the Omni 6's design
> evolved from the Omni-5 as they are virtually the same. In the Omni-5
> day's, dual receive was virtually unheard of. Incorporating dual receivers
> in this rig would have required a total redesign and they probably didn't
> feel it would pay off.
>
> Steve Ellington
> Amateur Radio Operator N4LQ
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> Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 22:26:22 EDT
> From: K5XS <K5XS@aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Thanks for QSK/Fan Noise info
>
> Bob,
> Maybe you could share with the rest of us on the newsgroup what you learned
> on Ameritron amps and QSK?
> I bought an 811H a year ago and have been using it with my Omni VI+. It's
> worked beautifully the whole time. I had been considering the QSK mod kit.
> Is there something I should know?
> 73,
> Bernie
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> Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 22:40:56 -0400
> From: Chester Alderman <chestert@pressroom.com>
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] User must have web problems
>
> I think your lack of knowledge of how the internet works is shining
> brightly. It does not matter if you access the net via a 300 baud
> connection, a T1 line, or fiber; if the net is overloaded, your T1 line is
> not going to make your connection any faster than the person connected at
> 300 baud! You may have a T1 line, but what is your data transfer rate? The
> TenTec web site is not slow on my lowly 256kb ISDN line, except between the
> hours of about 6pm to 11pm each night...when the net's bandwidth
> utilization is typically at it's maximum.
> Your preception of TenTec gear, is your preception, however in my opinion
> it insinuates you don't operate amateur gear very much or just plain dont
> have the experience of using various different radios or maybe you stay on
> 2m FM too much.
> Challenge: Set up an A/B switch to a single antenna. Connect an Icom
> IC-781 and a TenTec Omni 6 to the A/B switch. Listen carefully to both rigs
> for about six months. Then come back here and let us know your opinion.
> After all, according to QST and CQ astute technical editors, the IC-781 is
> best radio available and it would only be fair to run the TenTec Omni 6
> against the 'best', right ?
>
> At 12:30 PM 5/13/98 -0400, you wrote:
> >I have noticed that the TT web site is slow and it is NOT on my end as I
> >access the internet through a T1 line (that's a very fast connection!), the
> >slowness is definitely on their end.
> >
> >Bill Ames
> >KB1LG
> >
> >
> >
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> Chester Alderman
> W4BQF -- Tom
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> Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 21:56:42 -0500
> From: W9SN <nw9g@netusa1.net>
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Why so many repeats?
>
> Dave Kelley wrote:
> >
> > I've been reading this list for about a year now, and I've noticed
> > that many people have owned multiple units of a single Ten-Tec model.
> > I'm puzzled by this. I can imagine that someone may have sold their first
> > unit, regretted it, and then bought a second unit of the same model. But
> > why would someone own three, four, or more units of the same model? Am
> > I missing something? (I don't buy and sell equipment very much; I tend
> > to stick with what I have.)
> >
> > I really enjoy this reflector. The help and information provided by its
> > participants are invaluable, and I'm especially impressed that Scott
> > W4PA of Ten-Tec monitors the list!
> >
> > Tnx es 73,
> > Dave NB4J
> >
> > --
> > Dave Kelley
> > Ph.D. Candidate (ABD)
> > Electrical Engineering Department
> > The Pennsylvania State University
> > University Park, PA 16802
> > davek@yoda.ee.psu.edu
> >
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> Dave, have you been to any hamfests to see all the nuts?
> Better yet, go to the mall......enough said?
> Why does anybody do anything? I have bought and sold many rigs
> over the years because I love them and found one that I've never owned
> and traded one for it and found out I rather have another one all
> together. All in all I've have 4 or 5 of the very same type of rig
> several times (all ten tec's) just because ......I wanted to.
> Now I am happy with my Omni V (4 years going now) but also have
> a Delta II, and Argosy II, Titan amp, 238 tuner and all acc...
> ......Hey the right offer come down the road
> and ......??? I know guys that have done the same thing with old
> cars, guns, and women.......ask a shrink.....I'm probably as nuts
> as the next but hey, I've had a great time with many memories....
>
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> Steve Narducci
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> Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 21:11:40 -0600
> From: Chuck Broadwell <w5uxh@sdc.org>
> Subject: [TenTec] FS: Corsair II
>
> For Sale: Corsair II $650 plus UPS shipping.
>
> Single owner, original carton; owned by Dave, KG5C but I will handle
> the sale and shipping for him.
>
> I brought the rig home and hooked it up tonight. Looks like mint
> condition cosmetically to me. No sign of needing PTO work, not sure if
> PTO ever worked on. Think rig has been at Ten-Tec in past, but don't
> know if re-build needed or done then.
>
> Rig has seen very little use in last few years. Not sure that it has
> ever been on SSB.
>
> No DC cable, but I can include a Ten-Tec connector and pins if need be.
>
> email me at w5uxh@sdc.org
>
> Chuck
> Socorro, NM
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> Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 22:22:54 -0500
> From: Mike Souhrada <wb9iog@revealed.net>
> Subject: [TenTec] Voltages on 252 P/S
>
> About a month ago I picked up a Triton II w/ the 252 P/S that
> I knew did not work. Usually not a big problem. Some of the list
> members helped me with manuals and schematics for the P/S and I
> already had the Triton manual.
> 1. Initially no DC output at all.That was a given.
>
> 2. I removed the WRONG Q1 pass transistor (was a 2N3055) and
> replaced with a referenced substitute ECG 181 for the original
> device, a 2N5301.
>
> 3. The SCR 2N5060 was assumed to be defective and replaced.
>
> Now I have a solid 6 VDC??
> Neither the "manual" for the 252 or the Triton provide anything beyond
> the DC output of 13 VDC @ 20 Amps. IE, no supply device voltages are
> given,that's a surprise.
> Am I missing some data?? Any ideas on what I should look for next?
> The collector of Q1 pass transistor is getting a solid 23.6VDC
> scratching my noggin on why no 12VDC??
>
> Tnx for any further info that might help track down the problem.
> Mike
> Le Claire, Ia
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