I noticed low power when I first tried AM in the new version, but after a
few minutes it popped back up. Another odd thing is that it operates
different on 10 meters than on 75. I checked it briefly on other bands, and
I found that it want to make 50 Watts on 160-20, but 25 Watts on 17-10. Go
figure!
Ron N6AHA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Grant Youngman" <nq5t@comcast.net>
To: "'Ron Castro'" <ronc@sonic.net>; "'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'"
<tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2006 11:21 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Ver 2.033
>> I have noticed that the AM works different in that the power
>> output is now about 50 Watts, and does not change as the PWR
>> control is reduced from 100% to 50%. Below that, the ALC
>> light comes on and the audio starts getting distorted with
>> serious downward carrier shift.
>
> You're doing better than I am :-(
>
> With PWR set to 100 I get a maximum carrier output of about 5 watts, with
> modulation peaks to 20. There is no ALC action at normal levels. The
> signal sounds ok, but that's not nearly enough power to drive my amp.
>
> With PWR set in the 1-5 range, ALC kicks in and the signal becomes very
> distorted.
>
> This is the second time that AM transmit has been broken in the process of
> tweaking something else. It's been rendered useless once again.
>
> Grant/NQ5T
>
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