[TenTec] RE: Problem with Century 21 Digital

[Kenneth Stringham]

Hi Gus,

Thank you for your input. I have made this statement
several times previously and received similar advice.
I'm aware of the fixes that exist for this problem.
Please remember, this is my mother-in-law. She does
not care that this lamp limits my output power. She
has gone as far as to call the local police to have me
arrested for elder abuse. I would rather live with the
5W output.

I have become a QRP lover. I have several QRP rigs and
I am happy to limit my output to 5W.

Ken

--- "Augie (Gus) Hansen" <augie.hansen at comcast.net>
wrote:

> Hi Ken,
> 
> Regarding your comment about touch-lamp problems:
> 
> > I've had two (2) Century 21 rigs over the years.
> I've
> > got a Digital model now and I run mine at 5W all
> the
> > time because of an interference problem with a
> touch
> > lamp. Anything higher than 10W and the lamp begins
> to
> > cycle through its settings, which is highly
> annoying.
> 
> There are some relatively simple fixes for the
> problem. Usually all that is
> needed is a small value resistor (1K to 10K) or a
> small value RF choke
> (about 100uH) in series with the touch plate lead. I
> used a series
> combination of resistor and choke to fix one of my
> lamps. [Another touch
> lamp couldn't be fixed by this means so I wired it
> with an in-line power
> switch, but that won't work for your mother in-law.]
> 
> I also like to operate QRP with either a Ten-Tec
> Argo II or an Elecraft K2.
> But it is nice to be able to run a bit more power
> when the band conditions
> aren't so good. Taking a little time to fix the
> lamps allows me to run any
> legal power level to nearby antennas without
> flashing the lamps.
> 
> 73, Gus Hansen
> 
> Email: KB0YH at arrl.net
> .....................
> If you think no one cares that you are alive try
> missing a couple of loan
> payments.
>  
> 
> 
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