Steve,
If you operate a lot of cw with the Corsair, eventually you'll find that
there is a distinct warble as you tune a cw note. I always found it very
annoying. A rebuild will fix it, but it will come back. I wasn't a real
active operator while I had the Corsair, so it may be less likely if you are
on more frequently and keep the PTO exercised. After two or three rebuilds
over the 17 or so years I owned the Corsair II, I finally went digital with
a Jupiter. I didn't find the Jupiter as good on cw as the Corsair and now
have an Omni VI opt 3, which is a great radio. You may never notice the
problem. Good luck with the Corsair II, it has one of the all-time great
receivers and very good audio.
Phil N3ZP
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Berg" <wa9jml@tbc.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 9:23 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Corsair II PTO Problems
I am now the proud owner of a Corsair II and external VFO. (Thanks again
Jay!) I have never had a rig with a PTO, and this one has two of them.
Everything else I own uses variable capacitors or digital encoders to
tune them around the bands. I have been advised that these need
occasional rebuilding, and this was mentioned prominently in the eham
reviews. How do I know when the PTO needs rebuilding? What do I need
to look for in the way of symptoms? So far, I have had a great time
with the rig on CW, including working a KH7 on 80 meters with my humble
ground mounted vertical antenna. Sure never thought I would ever be
doing that here.
73,
Steve WA9JML
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