[TenTec] Ver 2.033

[Rideout Family]

I did NOT upgrade and am running 2.032.  I have 60 watts of AM on all bands.

Art  WA6IPD

Ron Castro wrote:
> I noticed low power when I first tried AM in the new version, but after a 
> few minutes it popped back up.  Another odd thing is that it operates 
> different on 10 meters than on 75.  I checked it briefly on other bands, and 
> I found that it want to make 50 Watts on 160-20, but 25 Watts on 17-10.  Go 
> figure!
>
> Ron N6AHA
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Grant Youngman" <nq5t at comcast.net>
> To: "'Ron Castro'" <ronc at sonic.net>; "'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'" 
> <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2006 11:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Ver 2.033
>
>
>   
>>> I have noticed that the AM works different in that the power
>>> output is now about 50 Watts, and does not change as the PWR
>>> control is reduced from 100% to 50%.  Below that, the ALC
>>> light comes on and the audio starts getting distorted with
>>> serious downward carrier shift.
>>>       
>> You're doing better than I am :-(
>>
>> With PWR set to 100 I get a maximum carrier output of about 5 watts, with
>> modulation peaks to 20.  There is no ALC action at normal levels.  The
>> signal sounds ok, but that's not nearly enough power to drive my amp.
>>
>> With PWR set in the 1-5 range, ALC kicks in and the signal becomes very
>> distorted.
>>
>> This is the second time that AM transmit has been broken in the process of
>> tweaking something else.  It's been rendered useless once again.
>>
>> Grant/NQ5T
>>
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