Ten-Tec T1330 QRP Demonstration -NG9D QSO with K1ESE

[mnpd007]

I ordered it but won't ever hear it play. The Bandswitch board is screened single-side, but TT expects you to mount the componenents on BOTH sides, following a low-res xeroxed copy of the manual.  The sides were not even marked "front" and "back". I tried to understand the mess, mounted the parts on both sides as I thought the lousy print and poor images were instructing, then found I had mounted everything backwards and that it wouldn't fit the panel. I threw the entire kit in the garbage.

[NG9D]

@mnpd007 I think you are trying to complain about the T1253 Regen receiver kit, not the T1330 which is a single band ham transceiver shown in this video. Anyway, don't give up on your regen receiver T1253, your error is easily fixed. Just contact Ten-Tec. From my experience, they will replace minor damaged parts at little or no cost. I know this from experience -- but I won't go into that here ;-) 73 de NG9D . .

[NG9D]

@mnpd007 Hi Tom, I also read your (KA4DQJ) product review on eham.net. I am sorry you had a bad experience. I suggest you contact Ten-Tec for replacement parts. You can also write to me directly, however please understand I am just a fellow ham radio operator. I do not work for Ten-Tec. I wish you the very best. 73 Lynn NG9D

[BillyNoon]

400 may be a little low even for an old guy like me? 650-700mhz sounds much crisper eh?

Been looking TenTec QRP stuff over and theres a couple of things I like in there.

73's, Bill MM6AHJ

[NG9D]

@BillyNoon Thanks for the comment. The side tone on this video was 400 Hz, later I readjusted them all to about 700Hz which I think sounds better. The "Ham Radio Round Table Video" is an example of 700 Hz sidetone. 73, Lynn NG9D.

[robertrh2061]

there's nobody even on 30 meters is there?

[ea5blp]

I have built one of these little QRP rigs and it works really well.Stable, and 3,5 Watts output on 30 m cw. Easy to align and a very pleasant operation.

73 and gd QRP DX!

[NG9D]

30 Meters is a great CW band. My first two contacts with this radio were N0EK/North Dakota and EA1VB/Spain while sitting on the deck in the back yard (Spring '06). 30 Meters should become better over the next few years if the sunspots return!

[mygroovylespaul]

Cool! Hey I juts bought this same rig and was wondering (I'm new to ham radio)

is the 30 meter band busy enough to have fairly regular contacts?

thx..Joe