[TenTec] century 22

[Dukes HiFi]

Whoda thunk???

The C21 was a superheterodyne with a 5.0 to 5.5 MHz wide IF stage, fed by the RF input and the crystal oscillator for each band, and a product detector on the AF board that uses the VFO as the “BFO” to carry out product detection. It is NOT direct conversion.

I had always assumed that the C22 was a repackaged C21 with digital display. WRONG!

It is indeed a direct conversion radio. It premixes the PTO with the crystal oscillator for each band and shoots the result (which is right on the revive and transmit frequency) right into a mixer which direct detects signals, then on to the AF stage! What a downgrade compared with the C21!

WHAT A DOWNGRADE TT made to produce the C22!


If you have a choice, get a C21!

Gary

W0DVN

> On Dec 29, 2017, at 3:04 PM, Winston <jones_winston at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> 
> Good fun cw rig.
> Winston K4CWQ
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Dec 29, 2017, at 2:56 PM, Dr Richard San Antonio <K1MD at cox.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Buy it....lots of fun but don't sell your Omni6+!
>> 
>> Richard K1MD
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Michael
>> Tortorella
>> Sent: Friday, December 29, 2017 11:42 AM
>> To: tentec at contesting.com
>> Subject: [TenTec] century 22
>> 
>> Hi all, I am contemplating purchase of a Century 22 and would like to hear
>> what people on the list think of that rig.
>> 
>> Thanks and 73
>> 
>> Mike W2IY
>> 
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