[TenTec] Modifyiing the Centaur...

[John Unger]

One option that should work well, Jim, is simply to get yourself some noise-cancelling earphones. The only downside is that I believe this is a pretty expensive solution. You can search the cq-contest@contesting.com reflector for September for more information; it's been a topic of discussion there.

Good luck.

73 - John, W4AU

At 09:14 9/13/01 -0500, you wrote:
>I  have a Centaur I bought new from TenTec some years ago. Because of
>interference to neighbors I have used it very little until now. I am now
>able to use it freely and I am enjoying it. My operation is solely CW.
>
>My problem is that durned fan! It drives me nuts and I can hear it even when
>using my headsets. Surely someone else has had this problem and has done
>something about it.
>
>I would like to hear of your modifications. I thought of a fan with less CFM
>mounted in the place of the original fan.  But I wonder if that last tube in
>the row would get sufficient cooling? These tubes are no longer easy to
>procure, and I don't want to shorten their life too much. .
>
>I cannot use an external fan mounted on top because of my equipment
>arrangement.
>
>Thanks to all....
>
>73 de Jim, K5ROV...
>
>James (Jim) Parsons, K5ROV, CMSgt, USAF, Ret., San Angelo, TX
>Ham for over 60 yrs. 90% CW
>k5rov@arrl.net,     QCWA, ARCI, Fists, ARRL, ARMS.
>EX: W1RLA, K5FBB, K4FEO, SV0WN (CRETE), SV0WN (RHODES),
>DL4NC, DL4JP, KA2FC (JAPAN), KA2JP (JAPAN).
>JOHN 3:16
>
>
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