[TenTec] eagle

[Greg S]

Jerry- as to "most easily accomplished" for checking a speedometer, I gotta believe a GPS is more accurate, and a HECK of a lot easier, isn't it??....... 

and, Mike- 
I have a solution to your frets about output power: Sell  your calibrated equipment, and run her by the seat of your pants.... if you make the contact, you have enough power, if you don't make it, give her a bit more "foot feed" until you either make it, or run out of "pedal". I find it funny how we all have our own little quirks about things that bother us: I.E., I had an Omni VI, and sold it for 2 reasons: Narrow recieve audio on SSB (SOMETIMES a blessing), and the straw that broke THIS camel's back was the drift at turn-on. Both "issues" with the rig were amplified (no pun intended) by the Kenmore TS-850 that I had along side it, which had neither issue, (Can you say polar opposite on receive audio??)  and was about the same age.  
I decided to sell my Telewave meters, and have a cheap CB type meter in line that shows relative forward and reverse power at the same time. Am I running 35 watts, or 70 watts out of my Corsair II??? I don't know.... nor do I care. 
Hope it helps ease the sting a little. (I couldn't take the sting of it- I sold the Omni VI. I had it alongside the Kenmore for around a year, and NEVER, under any condition, was I able to copy a station on one rig, and not the other.)  

73- Greg Schippers, KC8HXO

"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."    - Benjamin Franklin



--- On Fri, 4/1/11, Dr. Gerald N. Johnson <geraldj at weather.net> wrote:

> From: Dr. Gerald N. Johnson <geraldj at weather.net>
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] eagle
> To: tentec at contesting.com
> Date: Friday, April 1, 2011, 8:42 PM
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> A dynamometer won't necessarily show that your car
> speedometer is wrong, 
> that's most easily accomplished on a road with measured
> markers at 1/4 
> or 1 mile intervals and a stop watch. 
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