[TenTec] Century 21 questions

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At 03:57 PM 12/08/2001 -0500, N4NT wrote:
>The finals in that rig are its weakest link.  If you try to squeeze every
>possible watt out of it, you'll be sorry!   (C-21)

Hi Mike:

Just a bit of trivia:

Back in the late seventies, I ran my C-21 mobile by backfeeding 12V into 
the Accessory jack.   This, of course, bypassed the power supply and the 
meter circuit.

Since I didn't know where to set the drive, I put my Bird in line and 
cranked the drive up to 70 watts.....
(I had that "70" figure in my head, not thinking at that moment that it 
meant INPUT>

I keyed the rig a few times, and then it hit me!  Ooops!    I cranked the 
drive back to zero and then started over again, hoping it still 
worked!   It did.   I made a mark at 35-40 watts out and wiped the sweat 
off my brow!

Tough little rig.... at least THAT proved it to me!

73,

Perry