[TenTec] Ruggedized 229 Tuner

[c-hawley@uiuc.edu]

I emailed the company and requested the price (950). The 
site doesn't have any pictures of the guts, etc. but the 
thing really looks good and the price seems to be in line 
with low volume, special high end tuners. Maybe it'll be at 
Dayton.
Chuck, KE9UW

---- Original message ----
>Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 21:03:01 -0800
>From: "Michael Tope" <W4EF at dellroy.com>  
>Subject: [TenTec] Ruggedized 229 Tuner  
>To: "Ten-Tec" <tentec at contesting.com>
>
>Ever since I built my Ten-Tec 4229 tuner kit (and 
subsequently 
>fried the balun and ceramic wafer switch),  I have always 
wanted 
>to build a ruggedized version of this tuner. I think the 
229/4229 
>uses an excellent choice for electrical topology, but it 
got 
>implemented a little on the light side. In any case, looks 
like 
>someone may have beaten me to the punch with this 
>commercial offering:
>
>http://efmcommunications.com/index.html
>
>It looks rugged on the outside, but I wonder how solid the 
>insides are built? 
>
>73 de Mike, W4EF................................
>
>
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