[TenTec] 1.372 stability

[Dave Edwards]

Sounds like the rig I've been looking for!!!!   (cack)


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "HENRY PFIZENMAYER" <pfizenmayer at worldnet.att.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 1:14 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] 1.372 stability


> FWIW-  I have an Orion with 1.372 that is about two weeks old - For the
past
> three days I have left the sweep off and I still get the "sounds like the
rx
> is ok but no signals syndrome when going from tx to rx . Tx still
transmits.
> " - Nothing will recover it other than the off/on cycle. Incidentally , I
> made a bunch of QSO's on both 80 and 40 cw after I put in a couple of
> filters and I decided to operate with no cover and see what happened. No
> lockups so I guess I can extrapolate that to mean I should leave the cover
> off ???? JUST KIDDING.!
>
> Just for grins I put about 8 turns of the dc supply on a F240-J core right
> at the xcvr and still get lockups . A couple of the lockups took place
after
> maybe an hour rag chew on 40 cw and had not even touched the rig during
the
> qso -changed nothing - just key the paddle full QSK and one time the rx
went
> dead , once the TX went dead - monitor sidetone still tyhere - meter still
> at full scale during keying - only reason I realized  the tx had quit was
> the guy broke me to ask if I had blown my new rig. Now I leave my ant
tuner
> power meter active instead of watching reflected power. Nice "feature" is
> that at least the OFF/ON cycle comes back just as it was set before the
> glitch.
>
> All my antennas are balanced dipoles coax fed , no end fed stuff , shack
is
> dead for rf in my humble opinion.
>
> Still like the Orion but sure need more stability, more qso interruptions
> with this rig in 2 weeks than with my TR7 in 25 years .
>
> Hank K7HP
>
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