[TenTec] Bill Greene & my Herc II

[Bill NY9H]

gary greene was a big help as i replaced the output devices in my hercules II.

I certainly hope that he retired, as he was a compendium of Herc knowledge,,,

maybe he'll check in here and advise us he is still there...or perhaps 
enjopying retirement.

bill ny9h


At 08:04 PM 12/19/2004, you wrote:

>Ten Tec has been selling Centurions for a long time and probably sold a 
>lot of them.
>
>I have been very happy with mine. It was originally sold in June 1995 to 
>K7TS who, as I recall, replaced it with a Titan. I bought it from him in 1997.
>
>A TT tech, Gary Greene, suggested to me in 1997 a mod for it to correct a 
>design defect in early Centurions. I replaced the power supply resistors, 
>those in parallel with the filter capacitors, with some of a higher 
>voltage rating. He sent me the resistors free of charge. I don't recall 
>having arcing with this amp, but that may be the source of the arcing 
>problem reported in the QST review.
>
>As far as I know, Gary Greene is no longer with Ten Tec.
>
>I'll bet someone on the reflector has both amps and can give a good 
>comparison.
>
>                 Jim  N4AL
>
>HENRY PFIZENMAYER wrote:
>
>>Like to hear some opinions on the new Centurian versus the Titan III . If I
>>am gonna order the Centurian , I want to do it this week.
>.
>. snip
>.
>  One thing > that continues to pop out at me is the number of Centurians
>>for sale used - always wonder why - surely 1000 vs 1500 watts
>>is not the issue.
>
>In a different message:
>
>I was somewhat concerned about the QST review that said they had arcing - 
>that was about 1992 - so I would assume by now if that was an issue Tentec 
>would have it resolved. (I tried to get some info from ARRL/ the guy who 
>did the review but so far no answer..
>
>
>>Thanks - Hank K7HP
>
>
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