[TenTec] Ten-Tec 411 Centaur Amp Problem

[Rick - NJ0IP / DJ0IP]

This was a great article and interesting approach to solving that problem.

One thing I have almost always done is to use an RF-Choke between my
transceiver and amplifier.
Any time I had any kind of funny thing going on, on one or more bands, it
usually cleared up with one of these chokes.
It might just work and it is a lot less work than pruning a length of coax.

My chokes are the ones sold by The Radio Works, but there are several others
available commercially, or you can homebrew one by inserting the coax
through several toroids.

73
Rick

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On Behalf Of Mike Schatzberg 
Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 12:04 PM
To: k0bx at arrl.net ; Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment ; k0bx at arrl.net 
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Ten-Tec 411 Centaur Amp Problem

Hello Joe: You might be interested as to why the longer coax between your
driver and amp allows for more output, or full output with less driving
power. Please see "Driving an Amplifier with a High Input SWR" here:
http://home.earthlink.net/%7Echerokeehillfarm/id2.html 73 and Happy DXing,
Mike W2AJI