Think the theory is that a radio is a radio . . .
Mike N4NT@wireco.net
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Ellington N4LQ <n4lq@iglou.com>
To: Michael O. Hyder <N4NT@wireco.net>; <tentec@contesting.com>; JEFF S
JOHNSON <aa8ve@juno.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 31, 1999 8:12 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Ten Tec 544 Supplement
> Ford trucks have Triton engines now. Unrelated but to me, so is a VHF
> radio.
> Steve N4LQ
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Michael O. Hyder <N4NT@wireco.net>
> To: <tentec@contesting.com>; JEFF S JOHNSON <aa8ve@juno.com>
> Sent: Sunday, October 31, 1999 6:43 AM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Ten Tec 544 Supplement
>
>
> >
> > Hi all--
> >
> > Well, in the early 1970's Motorola introduced a VHF-FM marine radio
> named
> > the Triton. They filed for trademark protection on it and then
> threatened
> > Ten-Tec over the use of the name. Ten-Tec just started calling the
> Tritons
> > the 540 and 544 models.
> >
> > About the lamp in the pointer above the tuning knob on the Tritons:
> if you
> > are using a 6 volt bulb, it's no wonder the thing doesn't last very
> long. I
> > got some replacements from Ten-Tec several years ago -- I'm sure
> they are 12
> > or 14 volt bulbs. Then I placed a 100 ohm resistor in series with
> the
> > little bulb. It will probably last forever.
> >
> > On all my Ten-Tecs I have put a 33 ohm resistor in series with each
> meter
> > lamp. That doesn't make a discernable difference in the
> illumination but
> > greatly increases the lamp life.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Mike N4NT@wireco.net
> > Johnson City, Tennessee
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