Perry, good ideas and yes I am using the TT mobile mount....your advice
makes sense. Other than this nagging problem, this has got to be one of the
best mobile/portable rigs out there for the money!
I'll look into possibly changing/improving the mobile mount.....thanks
again!
-----Original Message-----
From: w8au@sssnet.com [mailto:w8au@sssnet.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 1:45 PM
To: Avila, Edward
Cc: tentec@contesting.com
Subject: [TenTec] Re: Scout mechanical problems....
At 01:34 PM 01/11/2001 -0800, Ed wrote:
>I'm running a Ten Tec Scout about 3 years old in the car and lately I've
>started experiencing mechanical-stability problems which happens when I hit
>a large bump in the road (we have many of them in this part of the
>country!)it jumps 1-khz or so in frequency even when the lock is
>on........not cool when running CW!!
>
>Electrically, when the car is at rest, the Scout is as stable as the
digital
>rigs (well, almost...HI), so this is really a mechanical problem. About a
>year ago I took the PTO out and cleaned it per TT, do I need to do this
once
>a year or is there a better, more permanent fix for this problem?
***Ed: The PTO, being so close to the bottom panel since the rig is so
small, is subject to being shifted by abrupt "hits." Since it is a "fast"
freq change, the "AFC" doesn't move it back. Slow movements are kept on
the orig freq.
I have been using the Scout mobile for 6+ years now, (99% CW) and my best
advice is to pad the mounting arrangement you have....put plenty of
cushioning on the bottom and sides of your "holder," if you have one. If
you are using the flimsy mobile mount you will have difficulty keeping the
rig from moving when you hit a pothole. I tossed my mobile mount and just
mounted the rig in a wood console I built.
If you need to use the mobile mount, get some 1/8 inch aluminum and bend up
your own. It is much more stable than the thin steel thing they sell
you. This should make it fairly stable, depending on what the mount is
fastened to.
Keep the faith...it is a super rig for mobile.
Perry w8au
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