[TenTec] Mike Hyder --N4NT--" Hercules 444

[Speer, Doug]

I guess we all have had our good luck / bad luck stories.  I did not set
out on this path but I ended up with two Hercules 444 amps.  I have run
them daily and run them hard in contest and find the units to be pretty
robust amplifiers.  Of course if I loose the finals the unit will either
become land fill or as someone commented, a science project.  Someday I
will update my amplifier's) with something modern and maintainable but
in the mean time I'll run the 444s.  I might be smart to locate a fire
extinguisher within reach, hihi.

Very 73,
Doug, W9PN


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Message: 14
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:21:25 -0400
From: "Mike Hyder --N4NT--" <mike_n4nt at embarqmail.com>
Subject: Re: [TenTec] hercules444 ?
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
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I had one of the 444 amps with its supply.  The amp runs on 48VDC.  I
hadn't 
had mine very long (bought it used) when it caught on fire.

Ten-Tec was nice enough to repair it -- they may have had to make one or

more circuit boards for it.  When I got it back they warned me that they

would never work on that model again.  I sold it to a fellow who wanted
to 
replace its innards with some Motorola modules.

There are not many pieces of ham gear I wouldn't haul home but the 444
is 
one.

73, Mike N4NT

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