[TenTec] New Rig

[Robert & Linda McGraw K4TAX]

These are really nice radios.  As to a mike to use, the D-104 will be great 
if the element is good and good does not mean just having output.  Lots of 
the old ones have output but do sound bad as a result of moisture and heat 
affecting the element.  There are new elements around, do a GOOGLE search. 
Day in and day out the Tentec 705 desk mike will certainly not make you 
ashamed of your signal on SSB.  As to the Tentec speech processors (or most 
speech processors for that matter)  and the Heil elements, well I don't care 
for the way they sound.

73
Bob, K4TAX


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "mgoins" <mgoins at mail.ev1.net>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 11:39 AM
Subject: [TenTec] New Rig


> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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).
>
> Back to listening.
>
> Mike
> k5wmg
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