[TenTec] Ten-Tec firsts???

[Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP]

Hi John,

I had a Triton II as well, while living in Oklahoma.
I bought it for $80 with blown finals.
I had no intention of repairing it.

Instead, I simply bypassed the Final PA circuitry and had myself a nice
analog QRP rig with 10w of output power.
I wanted to be able to operate at length from battery, in case we got hit by
a Tornado...which almost never happens in Oklahoma!
:=)

73
Rick, DJ0IP

-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
On Behalf Of John T. Fleming
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2012 6:04 PM
To: 'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Ten-Tec firsts???

Rick,

I had a Triton II. Shortly after I bought it, Ten-Tec offered an 8 pole
filter upgrade. I had it done and thought the band was dead when I first got
the radio back. Then I realized there were plenty of signals. They no longer
blended together! :-}

73,
John

-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
On Behalf Of Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2012 11:25 AM
To: 'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Ten-Tec firsts???

Well I need to correct my own post.
(sri)

The Triton I was the 510 and had 50w out.
The Triton II was the 520 and identical to the 510, except it 100w out.
They both also had 4-pole xtal lattice filters, like the Argonauts.
AND they both also had the 4-kHz tuning rate on 10m like the Argonauts.

The Triton IV 540 was analog, the 544 was digital.  Otherwise they were
identical.
They had the 8-pole filter, 4x 500 Hz band segments on 10m and it was the
10m band which was hotter.

I think I have it correct now.

73
Rick, DJ0IP


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