[TenTec] Titan 425 RF Choke Replacement?

[CSM(r) Gary Huber - AB9M]

I lost the RF Choke on my Titan 425 shortly after I purchased it April 1990. It is an early export model. Ten-Tec sent me a replacement choke which I installed. Unfortunately one of the tubes was damaged, necessitating a return to Ten-Tec. They replaced both tubes and put in "upgrades" to the then current production specs under warranty. As I understand it, early 425 RF Chokes did have a problem with parasitic currents.... mine failed the first time I attempted to tune it up on 15 Meters after working for weeks on 20 CW. No problems since.

Best regards,

CSM(r) Gary Huber - AB9M
9679 Heron Bay Rd
Bloomington, IL 61705
(309-662-0604)
www.csm-gh.com
glhuber at msn.com
gary.huber at us.army.mil

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From: "Rich Hallman - N7TR" <rich at n7tr.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 7:27 PM
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Subject: [TenTec] Titan 425 RF Choke Replacement?

> Has anyone had to replace their RF Choke on a 425?  Mine burned up this
> weekend in IARU and need to replace....If you did replace the choke,
> what did you get ?  RF Parts RFC-3 or does TenTec have these in-stock?
> Any known issues with these...?  This was from one of the Golden Series
> last version Titan 425's.
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> Thanks...
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> Rich N7TR
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> ex KI3V, N3AMK, WB3JOV
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