It had been a while since I used my Ten-Tec Century 22. What a fun radio. I didn’t really plan on recording the QSO so it’s a bit of a hack job while holding my phone in one hand
Thanks @W7DLZ Derek for the QSO. I chased @K9PM on 15 right after this but didn’t record that one! Thanks Paul for the QSO!
I was looking for one of those. The century 21 was apparently sold in reasonable numbers, but the only thing I found searching for century 22 was a receiver. So I’m pleased to see the TT 22 does exist.
Thanks Josh for recording that!!! What a great old radio! It certainly sounds fantastic!
The only other time I know of that someone recorded our CW QSO was when I was on W6/NS-392 with Rob, K6KM. DL4FDM recorded our CW QSO and sent it to me! What a great surprise that was as well!
Here is another fun one. I worked @KX0R on 10 and then heard @LU1MAW calling. Thanks for the QSOs on 10/15/20 from the Hermanator Today guys (@W7UM ). I was surprised you didn’t wake up the old goat @wG0AT tromping around in his backyard
Another day, another SOTA chase on my vintage Ten-Tec. Today I turned on the Century 21 Digital for the first time in over a year. Here is a chase of @K7GT - thanks for the QSO Grant!
Turns out the internal speaker is toast, which is why it sounds so harsh. Just found a suitable external speaker and it sounds MUCH better! @K7GT thanks for another QSO =)
Here are two more from Today - @W6LOR and @K6STR on a summit in CA. Got Lor on 15 just after @JH1MXV. Got Mike on 20. The C21 sounds so much better on the external speaker… will have to replace the internal speaker.
They were bought out by another company. Lot of drama. Sadly, you can’t currently buy anything or get service from Ten-Tec. Perhaps they will come back some day. One of the last rigs they made was the Eagle 599 which I need to ‘collect’ one of these days =)
Today’s entry: @AD6VT on 15 SSB. I worked him first on 40, and was really surprised at how strong he was on 15 SSB. The summit is about 500 miles south of me. As I write this I’m listening to him working 20 SSB (about a 55 on 20).
Bonus material: S2S with @KX0R. @KE6MT. Peter @WB0POT tries to destroy my RX with his typical HUGE signal =) @NU7A gets in on the action (Bren is another W7W op).