[TenTec] New Rig

[Mike Brown]

Congratulations on the new 544 Mike. That was my second ham radio, with 
the Century 21 being the first. If you are going to use a D-104 on it, I 
would try to find one that isn't amplified. They tend to overdrive, but 
will at least work with the gain turned down. Another one I liked with 
the older Ten Tec rigs is the Shure 444. Oops, I lied. Mine that I 
bought new was a 540. Later, I had a 544 with the remote VFO. Enjoy!

73, Mike K9MI

mgoins wrote:

>Just picked up a 544 that I want to use as my primary rig. Know it's old, but it's still a fun rig and will work okay here for cw and ssb both. Have never run more than five watts and mostly one watt or less for 28 years now so will run it reduced too. 
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>Not sure what mods it might have listed somewhere, but want to peak it up and would appreciate some leads on what might need modifying. 
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>Planning on either the old D-104 or the Heil desk mike for ssb. If anyone knows of another mike that seems to work better, please let me know. Considering the speech processor that Ten Tec still sells to ehlp on ssb (though not going to be there much).
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>Back to listening.
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>Mike
>k5wmg
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