[TenTec] Re: Titan II

[Thomas C. Jednacz]

Rugged excellent design amp with a good choice of tube. Run it at 20 ma
screen grid current and 1 amp plate current for excellent linearity and it
is tough. Good protection circuits. During the heat of a contest have
transmitted on the wrong band and the only thing that happens is it trips
out. Same thing for overdrive. Put 100 watts into it and it either trips out
or just transmits a distorted signal - no damage because of the 100 watt 50
ohm swamping resistor on the control grid. Objections - noisy fan and fixed
capacitors in the tank circuit on 160 and 80 that tend to drift. Can't go
wrong with this box.

There has been some discussion of "quality" on this reflector. There is a
tendency to confuse quality and reliability. Quality is "does it meet
specifications" and Reliability is "how long does it last". Please do not
confuse them. An extreme example will help differentiate the two - A piece
of equipment is designed to last 100 hours. If the rig meets all the
specification at 100 hours of life and fails at 101 hours it has 100%
perfect quality but very lousy reliability. Hope this helps.

Tom, W7QF


> Subject: [TenTec] Re: Titan II
>
>
> I would appreciate any comments from owners on its reliability,
> operation,
> etc.
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