[TenTec] Still Looking for a Ten-Tec Amp

[Jim Brown]

On 12/21/2012 5:01 PM, Richards wrote:
> Hmmm... why do you say this, JB ... are the gray faced
> amps less capable than the black faced amps? 

All I know about Ten Tec amps is from using them, and occasionally 
fixing them. I've also looked at their output on spectrum analyzers and 
scopes. As I recall, some of the scope traces were green, others were 
yellow.  I've never bought technical equipment based on its color, nor 
do I pay attention it it except to the extent that "black faces" on 
equipment can make it difficult for my 71 year old eyes to see 
controls.  What color are my Ten Tec amps?  I dunno, somewhere between 
grey and tan, I think.  Perhaps I'll remember to look next time I'm in 
the shack with nothing more serious on my mind. I do remember that the 
power supplies for my Titan 425s are a very funky dark metal, not at all 
pretty.  They sit on a shelf under my operating desk, out of the way, 
because I don't need to access them except to replace a fuse every year 
or so. And I remember that because I've had to work on them (although 
not for about five years).

73, Jim K9YC