[TenTec] Transmitter specs (was Top receivers)

[chacuff]

Sorry changed the subject line since the subject has changed...

This comes at a time when I am trying to make sense of some problems with my 
station.  I'm a recent Ten-Tec convert having bought a used Orion II and 
Centurion amp.  Was using a Yaesu FT-1000MP MKV and a modified Clipperton L 
prior.  Since putting the Ten-Tec gear online my wife is complaining that I 
am coming through many different things in the house (shack is in a separate 
building) that I never had problems with before.  TV audio in two rooms 
mainly.  I get complaints from her even if I am only running the rig at 100W 
so I don't believe the amp is a contributor other than making the problem 
stronger.

When using the amp I drive it with 50 watts out of the rig and tune to 1KW 
peak out using CW dits as recommended by Ten-Tec.  Amps not pushed hard and 
neither is the rig.

My grounding system is very robust...near commercial/cellular spec for 
lightning protection and all equipment is bonded to it.  Really nothing has 
changed in my station except the transceiver and amp.  Antennas are resonant 
on 10 thru 20 and 40.  (Force 12)

I plan to put my spectrum analyzer on the air next chance I get and see just 
what is going out.  I didn't expect this and am concerned about what the 
neighbors might be experiencing but haven't come knocking on my door as of 
yet.

Old rig was a 200W version of the MKV run at about 125 watts into the amp 
that was tuned up tight to about 900W out.  I was pushing it much harder.  I 
never ran the rig in Class A due to the heat and stress it created on the 
finals.

Any thoughts and suggestions would be appreciated.

I've had no on air complaints.

Thanks

Cecil
K5DL

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <d.e.warnick at comcast.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 7:36 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Top receivers


>
>
> There are currently emission standards, etc. that need to be met to gain 
> FCC type acceptance. If the current crop of transceivers meet these 
> specifications & there is still a problem, then the specifications for FCC 
> type acceptanced may (or may not) need to be reviewed. There is a 
> specification for 'spurious emissions', as well as others. If they are not 
> doing the job, then a thoroug h review of those specs may be in order.
>
> What we do not need is any government authority dictating engineering such 
> as a specific type of component ("48v MOSFETs").
>
> Please, please, please allow the consumer to drive the market, and be very 
> cautious about yet more government oversight where it has been proven time 
> and again to increase cost without solving anything.
>
> Just my take.
>
>
>
> We could solve a lot of issues on the air by better educating those among 
> us who overdrive, tune improperly, overprocess, and run fa r more power 
> than necess ary. (Yes, I do use a linear when necessary.) In the current 
> Yemen & Somalia DXpeditions, I have had far more issues with bad operators 
> than with bad signals. (If I hear UP, LID, or worse one more time, I think 
> I'll scream). I have shut down & walked away several times, even though I 
> need the band. My choice, but that's not the ham radio that I have enjoyed 
> for more than 45 years, and I choose to not let it become that. There are 
> guys calling without a break even though a contact is in progress. If you 
> want more government intervention, fund the FCC's enforcement branch to 
> clean this up. (No, I don't really want that either but something has got 
> to give).