[Elecraft] Ten-Tec Mike

[Steve Muncy]

I just finished building the TenTec T-Kit 1201 (which is the same as 
the TT 705), and it works fine with the K2. I've not tried picking off 
8v to use with the mic and am just using a 9v battery.  I  wired it for 
Icom configurations and have used it with the K2, IC-910H and IC-228H.

All things considered, I like the microphone quite well, but.....I 
can't recommend building it as a kit!

I consider myself a reasonably competent kit builder having built the 
K2, all K2 accessories, numerous Heathkits, four or five QRP 
transceivers, and most of my test gear -- all kits. I've also built 
three or four T-Kits from Ten-Tec, and I'm a long-time fan of Ten-Tec 
having owned probably half a dozen TT transceivers over the years.  
However, the T-Kit 1201 is probably the worst  kit I have ever built. 
Some of the instructions are extremely confusing. Component numbers are 
  not  silk-screened on the board. The view of the circuit board that 
shows where the components go is virtually unreadable and resulted in 
three times that I  inserted the wrong component in the wrong space 
because I couldn't read it. I believe  that Ten-Tec is committed to 
quality - but they should be ashamed of themselves for selling this kit 
as it is. If I had had this poor experience with other T-Kits, I would 
never have gone back. Fortunately, my other experiences with T-Kits 
have  been fine.

So, I'd recommend the microphone if purchased assembled....but I'd 
steer far away from the kit.


On Sunday, May 4, 2003, at 14:07 US/Central, <rmcculla@dslextreme.com> 
wrote:

> Good Day All. Has anybody used the Ten-Tek Modle 705 mike with the K2? 
> If
> so, how did it work out?
> Best regards, Bob K7HBG

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