[TenTec] Ten-Tec 411 Centaur Amp Problem

[James Duffer]

I recall from some Collins manual for their amp 30S1 they specified a  length for the coaxial cable between the KWM-2 and the amp.  In that case that was their fix.

Jim de wd4air

> From: k9yc at audiosystemsgroup.com
> To: tentec at contesting.com
> Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 13:19:38 -0700
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Ten-Tec 411 Centaur  Amp Problem
> 
> On Mon, 31 May 2010 15:55:31 -0400, wow_chf at hotmail.com wrote:
> 
> >I submitted the article draft to QST, and it was questioned by the Technical 
> >Review folks, and although I have been published in QST before, they could 
> >not see how this would "transform" the apparent input SWR.
> 
> Because it's a POOR fix for the fundamental problem, which is something wrong 
> in the input circuit of the power amp causing a mismatch. The proper fix is 
> to find and correct the problem in the input circuit. Adding coax is a band-
> aid. 
> 
> 73,
> 
> Jim K9YC
> 
> 
> 
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