A couple of possibilities I see: 1) A pre-moving sale. TT announced some time back that a new facility and location was in the works - maybe the buyers of their present facility want possession a lit
I have since had a landline QSO with my friend, and I asked him about the 12/60M issue. Since he's exclusively a CW op, 60M is not of real interest, and he said his current antenna setup doesn't work
Rick, That's a good observation about the logistics issues which would arise if there is a temporary location in the works. I'd also "second" another reason as posted by Darrell VE7IU: "When RF Conce
(Posting this for a local fellow ham who currently isn't on the web) As the subject line says, a local ham friend of mine asked me today about how to go about checking out/waking up a 3-500 (Z?) that
It's obvious you don't live in the area known as the SEC. Your offer was probably rejected because you're talking up KY stuff to folks in TN. Note that in some regards (such as college sports and pos
Duane (or any of the other "Wizards of the 3-500Z"), What was the manufacture date or other identifying info on the tubes in question? As you may recall, I recently asked for advice on checking out a
Greetings all, I'm toying with the idea of picking up a solid-state regen for casual listening, preferably with speaker capability, covering perhaps up to about 20 MHz. I'd also like it to be somethi
From the Ten-Tec Wiki: "Microphone Impedance: High impedance crystal, ceramic, or dynamic." (This applies to all the older TT rigs with a 1/4" phone jack for the mic connector.) 73, Al ______________
"Back when" I had surprisingly good success with cheapie Hi-Z dynamic mics designed for 11 meter rigs ;) Another possibility (which requires building an adapter to enable PTT) would be one of the old
Eric, Unless you're really scraping the bottom of the barrel in the bank account an Omni B or C series, or a Corsair for that matter, won't set you back very much in current terms. For me the more cr
Clearing a couple more things out of the shack: 1) Power-Mite PM-2A (I think -- the stamp on the back panel is very faint.) The front panel shows 80/40/15M; there is one large PC board with another s
I can't say for sure other than that's what my SK dad (first licensed in the '30s) called his. Apparently that was the common terminology in the old days for what is technically as I understand it a
"In bygone days, the standard ham antenna was the end-fed or center-fed Zepp. It got its name from a style of antenna that was used on Zepplin airships." "Feeding Your Station" by Doug DeMaw, W1FB,
Greetings all, I've been following some of the antenna-related discussions here recently, and I've decided to see what the "gurus" here have to say about a question I have related to my QTH. As my po
This could be due to a QC issue with the encoders themselves. It wouldn't be the first time a manufacturer had to deal with a large number of warranty claims due to receiving a run of off-spec parts.
In a case such as this, pronounce the "u" in the shipping company's name as "ooo".... 73, Al _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.con
I periodically scan some of the various ham classifieds and have noticed that Scout prices seem to be higher than one would expect given the age of the rig. As of this writing, there's one posted (_n
It's interesting that this discussion should come up when it did - a local friend of mine who has owned several of the earlier Omni/Corsair series rigs said almost the same thing as this thread in a
That only applies to the earlier s/n (I think just analog?) units. The later/digital version used ALC and kept the 50W PA in line at all power levels. I understand that TT had their reasons for the c
The one thing that dawned on me as I read your message is whether the inexpensive switch they used became problematic after it aged and/or developed more contact resistance. (I would think that it wo