[TenTec] Corsair II U10 Problems

[Jerry Haigwood]

Barry,
     The reason I purchased the Corsair was to get rid of a DDS.  I would not want to ruin a perfectly good receiver by adding more digital noise/spurs to it.  I have other rigs which have a DDS in them if I want to listen to the noise.  :-) I am currently looking at a replacement for the Corsair II display.  It may also fit the Corsair I.  However, I don't have enough info on how the Corsair I works.  Anyone have a manual I could look at?
Jerry W5JH

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From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Barry N1EU
Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2011 1:11 PM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Corsair II U10 Problems

No, I wouldn't assume your 68705 is going to fail anytime soon.  If it
did, you could either:

1. purchase a parts rig to have spare boards on hand OR
2. replace the PTO with DDS VFO which could drive a freq. display directly

73/GL,
Barry N1EU

On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 5:43 PM, Jerry Haigwood <jerry at w5jh.net> wrote:
> All,
>
>     I am new to the list and also new to the Corsair II I recently
> purchased.  I have seen some U10 problems recently.  If U10 truly fails,
> what are the options for repair?  I have been told Ten Tec no longer has any
> U10 (68705) ICs.  Anybody know if that is true?  I recently purchased a 288
> filter and 263G VFO from a ham who had U10 fail.  He decided to part out the
> radio rather than repair it.  I also see a corsair on QTH.Com which has U10
> problems.  Is the U10 problem something I should "look forward to?"
>
> Jerry W5JH
>
>
>
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