[TenTec] What is the best Ten Tec Tuner

[d.e.warnick at comcast.net]

My 238 does a great job, and is a cosmetic match for the Omni V and VI xcvrs
Dave
WA3MKB

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: <gsanderlin at charter.net> 

> Looking for a Ten Tec tuner to match Omni VI plus. 
> 
> Which one is recommended? I don't currently run an amplifier. I use a 
> Carolina Windom antenna, so I do need a tuner and like building wire 
> antennas. 
> 
> Thanks 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] 
> On Behalf Of Rick Denney 
> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 12:07 AM 
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment 
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni VI and non TT Amp 
> 
> Ken Brown writes... 
> 
> > Last time I had an amplifier using anything like 811A tubes, they 
> > were actually 572B, and it took two of them to get 650 to 800 watts 
> > out. It was a Heath SB-200. Is that really an 811A? 
> 
> I was talking about the Ameritron AL-811a amplifier, which uses three 
> 811a transmitting tubes, not the tube itself. The 572b tubes are 
> indeed capable of greater output because of their higher plate 
> dissipation rating, their greater grid current rating, and their 
> higher plate voltage. Yes, the 572b is "like" an 811a tube, and some 
> use them in amps designed for 811a tubes because of their perceived 
> greater durability, but they aren't really the same. 
> 
> Rick, KR9D 
> 
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