[Milsurplus] TCS-8 Update

[Falls, Jim]

Tested the TCS-8 TX last night by feeding the shield and center conductor (as W7QHO suggested) of co-ax out to a 5/8 wave 6m J-pole and it appears to be working like a champ! Doubled my apparent output. These are the settings I used at max output.
TX Settings for 3580 kc CW (hope I didn't step on anyone!)
D - Coupling 6.5
E - Plate Tuning 4.3 
F - Series 
G - Ant Load 3.2 

Indicated Output: 
Ant. Current: 1.15 A 
CW/Phone Plate Current: 100/75 mA at resonance 
Watts output (RMS) CW/Phone: 45/25W using Yaesu RS-2000 SWR/Wattmeter. My manual (for a Hamilton Radio TCS-13) says 20W CW. Is 45 reasonable for a Stewart Warner TCS-8?

This station will be on the air most of 24 hours October 13-14, 2007 operating from the LCI(L) 1091 radio room starting at Noon PST as I mentioned before. Hope to work some of you then!
PS: Any leads/recommendations for a workable mic?
Cheers and good DX! 
Jim Falls
KG6FWT
Eureka, CA



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