[TenTec] Herc II followup

[Michael Tortorella]

Hi Ken,

I am driving it with a TT Orion with the keying connected as in the TT
manual. No, it does not key at all yet.  Have not tried the replaced control
board yet, I have been out all afternoon putting in radials for the vertical
and am bone tired.  Hope I cam get to it next week.

Thanks and 73, Michael W2IY

-----Original Message-----
From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces+w2iy=verizon.net at contesting.com] On
Behalf Of Ken Brown
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2022 11:36 PM
To: w2iy at verizon.net; Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Herc II followup

Hi Michael,

How do you have the keying connected? Are you driving it with a Ten-Tec
transceiver and using the full QSK keying loop? Or are you using a
different method? Does the amplifier just not get keyed on at all?

N6KB

On Fri, Sep 23, 2022 at 5:21 PM Michael Tortorella via TenTec <
tentec at contesting.com> wrote:

> Thank you to everyone for the thoughtful replies. Mainly the amp is not
> switching properly. When I got it, it did not pass through properly when
> the
> power was off, so I dug into the vacuum relay board and found some loose
> RCA
> connectors. That cleared up, but switching still did not follow the CW
> input
> ( ave not tried it on SSB because I can't find my mic :-) ). I had a spare
> control board so I replaced that but have not had that on the air yet. I
> asked for repair advice because I am afraid that if the replacement
control
> board does not do the trick I am not sure what to do next.  I'll report
> back
> as soon as I get to try the new setup. Meanwhile thanks again to everyone
> for your thoughts and advice.
> 73, Michael W2IY
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