[TenTec] 238 Tuner Mod

[Ron Castro]

That would be a good mod since it's so hard to see the little pointer 
against the black background.

BTW...I put the LED replacement pilot lights in and they works, but not all 
that well.  The meter now looks green instead of yellow (not very bright, 
either), and there's not enough light to see the pointer without looking 
really carefully.  I may be able to fix that by putting a piece of white 
cardboard behind the pointer so it shows up better.

         Ron Castro
 Chief Technical Officer
    Results Radio, LLC
               N6IE
      www.N6IE.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barry N1EU" <barry.n1eu at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 3:33 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] 238 Tuner Mod


> Sounds like a great mod Ron.  Another really cool mod I saw on a 238
> was replacing the tuning dial with a turns counter.  I haven't seen
> that one documented though.  One of these days I might get together
> with the skillful local ham who did it and document it.
>
> 73,
> Barry N1EU
>
> On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 11:28 PM, Ron Castro <ronc at sonic.net> wrote:
>> I few months back, I modified my TT 238 tuner by changing out the disc 
>> ceramic caps with surplus Soviet military doorknob caps, which 
>> dramatically improves the power handling capability on 160 and 80 meters. 
>> Heating used to cause the SWR to 'drift', even at 100 Watts in some 
>> situations on 160.  The mod worked well, and if anyone is interested, I 
>> have all the details and pictures on my website at www.n6ie.com.
>>
>> 73,
>>         Ron N6IE
>>      www.N6IE.com
>>
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