[TenTec] In praise of older technology

[R. Eric Sluder-W9WLW]

I was talking to a fellow Ham on 80/75 meters the other night and I noticed his audio just didn't seem right.  He was running a TS-950s, and a Henry amp and talking into a D104.  I turned my Softrock Ensemble II on and looked at his transmit signal.  Goodness... the bottom end extended another 1 Khz down the band (KC for others... hi)!!!

I have to give Ten-Tec credit, when I looked at my Eagle's transmit signal for SSB, it looked pretty dang good.  Much better than some new brand Y, and others I've seen on the air.  


I do hope we give up on the 12 V power supply concept much like the auto industry did with 6 volt systems in autos.  It's time for us to move up in voltage and embrace it.  It'll open up a small market for someone to build devices to combine and balance our existing 12 volt supplies for a 24 volt feed to our transmitters.  Or heck, why not 50 volts...?!?!

73

Eric
W9WLW


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>How about we all get focused on the broadband noise that all modern
>transmitters these days generate, some less so, some more so, and some are
>really culprits.  Now that's a technical discussion that might someday lead
>to improving our hobby!
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>73 - Rick, DJ0IP
>(Nr. Frankfurt am Main)
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