[TenTec] Delta II in a moble.... not recommended.

[jerome schatten]

Check out the handy-dandy Battery Booster... a little switching supply that 
floats in series the car battery keeping the total voltage to the rig at 
13.8v.
See: http://members.cox.net/w4rry/
I had the same problem with my IC-706MkII, the note turned to crap when the 
truck battery fell below 12.4 v. I couldn't believe how well this device 
worked!
Best,
jerome VA7VV

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Volpe" <kg6tt at tomorrowsweb.com>
To: <kq4by at rocketmail.com>; <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 1:58 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Delta II in a moble.... not recommended.


> Larry:
> A few months ago I was about to do the same thing. you are currently 
> considering. I had found a Delta II used that looked in fine condition. So 
> I contacted Ten-Tec engineers to talk about the Delta II for mobile and 
> they DID NOT RECOMMEND IT at all for mobile or battery use. It seems that 
> the Delta II does not like to work on less than 13.5 vdc (or thereabouts!) 
> It definitely won't work reliably at 12 volts or less. They recommended 
> that I use a Scout or even a vintage Triton IV if I had the physical room. 
> I was a bit saddened by this info as I thought the Delta II would be a 
> great mobile for me. As verification the individual that I was going to 
> buy from told me that they had the same problems when they tried to use 
> the Delta II in a van which was why they were selling it..
>
> Please note that most Delta II's suffer from a failing backlight on their 
> main display. This is not made of descrete lamps or LEDs but a special 
> light panel. This part has been obsolete for some time and consequently 
> Ten-Tec can no longer provide them. A number of Delta II owners have 
> created work arounds using other commercially available light panels. A 
> search of Google will probably give you some background here.
>
> Anyway, I bought a second Scout for the car.
>
> 73,
>
> Jerry, KG6TT
>
> Larry Keith wrote:
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
>>Greetings!
>>
>>Are there any Delta II owners out there?  I am curious about this rig 
>>since
>>I ran across an ad during my recent perusal of some old ham magazines.  I
>>have read the QST review and the reviews on eham.
>>
>>Specifically, I am considering a Delta II as a mobile rig.
>>
>>Thoughts?  Comments?
>>
>>All appreciated!
>>
>>73,
>>
>>Larry Keith
>>KQ4BY
>>
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