Re: [TenTec] The Bug

[Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@hawaiiantel.net>]

No reason you cannot use a good stable Ten-Tec transceiver in CW mode as 
a VFO to have some degree of frequency agility. You're going to have to 
work on the tank circuit a bit to get it to 160 or 75 meters anyway, so 
why not make it tunable.
I'm thinking an RCA BT1K. Push Pull 833s modulated by Push Pull 833s. 
It's only a kW. Since it is a 50s vintage TX, 50's vintage ham power 
limits should be appropriate way to maintain purity and stability to a 
level the state of the art permits. And it will fit in a one car garage.
DE N6KB


> They're actually quite a bit less $$ than that unless you're looking in the 
> high-power, 5 kW+ category.  That  being said, you're stuck on one 
> frequency, everyone will complain (with some justification) that you're too 
> wide, they don't work on SSB or CW and most of them have cooling systems 
> that are just too damn loud!
>
>   
> > Why not buy a commercial quality broadcast
> > transmitter?  It only works on one frequency and
> > you'll need to rig it to reduce the power but just
> > think about the audio.