At 07:55 AM 12/5/97 -0500, Web Williams wrote:
>In my opinion, there is no Ten Tec tuner which perfectly
>matches the Corsair II. The knobs on the 238 are wrong,
>and the 229's cabinet shape is wrong! I bought the
>Ten Tec Centurion amp, which has "gripped" knobs, the 238
>has "gripped" knobs, my Corsair II has "fluted" knobs,
>and my auxiliary VFO has "fluted" knobs. I have an old 229B
>tuner that I could take the fluted knobs off of, and put
>them on the 238 tuner, but then it wouldn't be a 238 tuner
>anymore, eh? Then I'd have to find another set of fluted
>knobs for the Centurion amp so it would match everything
>else, where does it end? There are also "spinner" and
>"finger-hole" variations that would have to be sorted
>through. I'd also have a hard time selling my 229B tuner
>with non-original knobs- and, perhaps Ten Tec never made
>a color-matched auxiliary VFO for the Corsair II. I found
>a brown one, but have never seen a light grey one. Don't
>take my word for it though, I'm sure one exists somewhere!
>
>Alas, the woes of the second-hand Ten Tec owner! Good luck,
>and God be with you, whatever you find in your choices!
>
>73, -Web
>
An external vfo does exist, check out this web site and take a look for
yourself
http://asd.state.va.us/tentec/
73's and good luck....Steve...NW9G
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