[TenTec] Scout Help

[Bwana Bob]

Hi, Allen,

Both of the conditions that you describe are normal. I don't know what
causes the SSB "sidetone", maybe rectification in the audio stages.

The PTO will be stiff because the slug is driven by a screw and there is
also spring tension on the slug to keep it from shifting around. There
are nylon spacers on the spring shaft to set the tension. I never had
the desire to mess with this. I used a lubricant on the screw, but a PTO
will always be stiffer than a capacitor or optical encoder with
"flywheel tuning" (Historical note: Ten Tec, Collins, and Drake used
PTO's, instead of variable capacitor VFO's).



				73, 

				Bob WB2VUF
- wrote:
> 
> I just acquired a very nice Scout and have a couple of questions...
> 
> Is it normal to have some "feedback" thru the speaker when you modulate the
> unit with the microphone (occurs in antenna or dummy load).  The garbled
> speech in the speaker does not go up and down in level with the RX volume
> control.  It is not noticeable unless you are within a few inches of the
> speaker... I haven't tried headphones yet.... but believe it would be heard
> in them as well.  Maybe there is a mod for this (I think the unit I have is
> fairly old)
> 
> Is the PTO knob usually fairly "stiff"?  (Possible is this an intentional
> drag to keep things on freq during mobile operation, etc.?)
> 
> So far, I am well pleased with the little rig and am attempting to acquire
> the WARC band modules for it.
> 
> Tnx for the bandwidth,
> 
> Allen Bush, AE0Z
> 
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