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Re: [TenTec] Titan 425 Initial Tune-Up settings - high VSWR

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Titan 425 Initial Tune-Up settings - high VSWR
From: Jim Brown <k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Reply-to: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:12:42 -0800
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On 11/24/2010 2:21 PM, CSM(r) Gary Huber wrote:
> By switching the Titan bandswitch to 80, the LOAD setting became 3, TUNE 
> stayed at 5.5, FREQ stayed at 3.8 – 3.9 and the VSWR dropped to 1.1 to 1.

At some point, changes were made with the values of the capacitors 
around the bandswitch in the output stage. There is one less capacitor 
there than is shown in the manual. With the 3 Titan 425s I own,I've 
always used the 80M settings for all of 80/75M.  It works fine.

73, Jim K9YC


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