[TenTec] My First Ten-Tec

[Lee WA3FIY]

My first Ten-Tec was a Corsair II purchased new.  Prior to the Corsair I had an Icom 701 with 
which I was not at all happy.  It had intermittent failure in the VFO from early on.  Sent back to 
Icom for repair twice.  No luck.  Icom's answer was to buy a new rig......I did.....the Corsair II.  
I thought at the time it was a BIG step backward.  Turned out to be one of the best purchases 
I ever made!

When I turned the Corsair on for the first time and did some preliminary testing and set-up I 
thought for sure the rig was broken.  When I keyed it I heard CW sidetone ok but with the key 
up I instantly heard band noise and nothing else.  I got the impression it was not going into 
transmit mode.  It was operating fine.  Welcome to Ten Tec QSK!  Took me a year or so to 
become accustomed to QSK but now cannot imagine operating any other way.

Still have that radio and a few other TT's as well.  My daily driver is a Pegasus/N4PY/RX320 
combo though which is nearly perfect for my present operating style but I still use the Corsair 
from time to time.  In fact, it is on line as I type this.


73,

-Lee-

WA3FIY