Hi Ed, Well, let's imagine that there is a 50% chance of being a good radio, and another 50% chance of being a parts radio. So I guess that what the maximum the market is willing to pay (a.k.a. "pric
Hi Paul, Sorry for my ignorance but, is the Jupiter still an analog SSB rig or an SDR ? I have a similar issue in my Scout, the carrier suppression adjustment gives me a minimum... but it is not deep
Hi Al, Would you consider uploading your model to Thingiverse or Printables ? Someone uploaded a dial indicator for the 229 https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4794578 About your knobs... you might hav
Author: Carlos PECO BERROCAL <carlos.peco@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 9 May 2021 18:58:15 +1000
Hi all, Someone from the list kindly offered me a "tech special" Hercules II a couple of years ago. I finally found the time to start working on it. This amplifier has two separate RF decks with an o
Author: Carlos PECO BERROCAL <carlos.peco@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 May 2021 23:02:49 +1000
Hi Ken, As far as I know, filters have been designed for 50 Ohms at both ports. At the beginning, I terminated the filter with the help of two 100 Ohm resistors (with the combiner in place). After fi
Author: Carlos PECO BERROCAL <carlos.peco@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 May 2021 23:18:54 +1000
Hi, I received a very nice email from Lee Jones (former Ten-Tec CTO) where he explained me that the capacitive nature of the filters under 4 MHz was introduced deliberately to compensate for some shu
Author: Carlos PECO BERROCAL <carlos.peco@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2021 09:48:51 +1100
Hi, That sounds too hard for me. It is far from being complete, and these days getting parts has become too difficult as most radio parts from ham estates go straight to the tip. If there was a healt
Author: Carlos PECO BERROCAL <carlos.peco@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2021 10:20:56 +1100
Well, That parts Omni 6 shares some bits with your 6+, which is interesting. However, ask yourself how much a non - Ten-Tec enthusiast would pay for a non-functional, incomplete, discontinued, rare a
Author: Carlos PECO BERROCAL <carlos.peco@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2021 10:32:28 +1100
Hi Bob, I would wire the encoder from radio B into radio A, without taking anything out of the radios (just fitting some short cables in between the two). Would it be possible to do that ? 73, Carlos
Author: Carlos PECO BERROCAL <carlos.peco@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2021 09:35:26 +1100
I think that printing a good resolution PDF will be cheaper/easier than buying an original manual. Keep an eye on the same site where you bought the kit. Have fun with the build. Carlos VK1EA
Author: Carlos PECO BERROCAL <carlos.peco@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2020 21:13:19 +1100
Hi Steve, Is that capacitor visible without having to lift the PCB ? (unbolting driver/finals) Can you take a photo with your finger pointing to the part ? I left my schematics at the office so I hav
Author: Carlos PECO BERROCAL <carlos.peco@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2020 09:05:13 +1100
Hi Ron, Those are really difficult to find, I have been trying the same for years. Last week there was a guy selling a lot of Ten-Tec knobs (NOS) on ebay, but he would not post to VK. I think it was
Author: Carlos PECO BERROCAL <carlos.peco@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2020 11:39:13 +1100
Hi Mark, Is your computer connected to the internet ? There is a way to prevent windows from overwriting your driver with something they deem better (without your consent). I did that in a computer..
Author: Carlos PECO BERROCAL <carlos.peco@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2020 09:01:12 +1100
Morning John, Can you: - measure the receiver's sensitivity, or - compare its sensitivity against another (good) receiver (if you don't have a signal generator then a weak interferer from the TV/comp
Author: Carlos PECO BERROCAL <carlos.peco@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2020 16:48:24 +1000
Hi, I found the same issue when I bought my Argonaut VI, I posted about it here in the Ten-Tec list back then. In my case, it was (and still is, as I haven't fixed it) the audio amplifier. It might b