[TenTec] Amplifiers

[rick@dj0ip.de]

Well done Ron.  Congratulations to you.  I'm happy for you.

Ten-Tec amps have always worked seamlessly with their own transceivers and
that was their biggest strength, but they were never especially good.
Nothing really made them better than the other makes.  Please don't
misunderstand that.  I do not imply here that they were inferior...but if
you didn't own a Ten-Tec transceiver, there was no particular advantage in
buying a Ten-Tec amp.

Before I ever answer anyone asking for advice on what to buy, I shoot back
with a bunch of questions.
Otherwise I'm just wasting my breath and his/her time.

QUESTIONS:

1)  What price range are you looking in?

2)  Do you work CW?  If so, do you want full BK?

3)  Are you looking for a tube amp or transistorized amp?

Be careful; although you get a lot more bang for the buck with tube amps,
good tubes are becoming VERY difficult to source.  There are several
relatively "cheap in price" used amplifiers on the market that "look like a
bargain" but if you have to replace the tubes, it may cost you more money
than you paid for the amp.  In some cases the tubes aren't even available
and your only course is a complicated modification to enable using different
tubes.

73 - Rick, DJ0IP
(Nr. Frankfurt, Germany)




-----Original Message-----
From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Ron
Notarius W3WN
Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2016 4:28 PM
To: tentec at contesting.com
Subject: [TenTec] Amplifiers

 My apologies in advance for a potentially somewhat off-topic posting...


Got called into the CFO's office yesterday (don't worry, it was good news).
We (the company's the IT department) were all informed that we're all
receiving a fairly decent bonus along with our regular pay at the end of the
month.  So I guess we did something right!


So once the money is in hand, or at least in the bank... I'm going to be in
the market for an HF amp.  For a variety of reasons, something in the 400 -
600 W output range, 160 - 10.  (Much as I'd love a 2 KW class amp, the bonus
won't be THAT much, especially after taxes, and I DO have to spend a little
bit of it on the XYL -- dinner, movie, something nice)


Obviously, or maybe not so obviously, the amp would have to play nice with
both an Omni VI+ and an Omni VII,  (Of COURSE I'd love a Ten Tec amp to go
with them, but my luck never seems to work out that well!)


If anyone on the list is either in the process of selling an amp in this
category, or knows of someone who is, please email me directly OFF LIST at
w3wn at arrl dot org.  


Again, there's no immediate rush, as I won't have the shekels for about 2
weeks from today.  But that gives a little time to make any appropriate
arrangements and such.


Thanks for your time reading this, and my apologies again for going slightly
OT


73, ron w3wn
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