On Saturday, December 9, 2023, 6:51 PM, Tom Hess <Tomhess8@...> wrote:

I have a lot of parts for amplifiers and stuff. I handle estates for the local ham club and have?

processed estates for several Collins Radio engineers. They collected lots of parts over the years.

I don't have any experience with the Centurion, so I don't know what your parts look like.

Please send a photo of the switch and specs?for the capacitor - size, value, voltage.

Tom KD0HF

On Sat, Dec 9, 2023 at 9:42?AM Omni <selcor@...> wrote:

I have recently acquired a Ten-Tec Centurion model 422 that is in very nice condition, but has a blown up bandswitch and the plate tuning capacitor was arced.? I might be able to salvage the capacitor, but the bandswich will need to be rebuilt or replaced.? If anyone has a switch/parts and/or a capacitor please contact me off list to let me know what you have.

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TenTec buit?their own variable capacitors. ?So their plates are unlike any others. ?I have some plates and if you want you?ship me the cap I’ll rebuild it for you. ?I should have a few plates left. ?Although it’s a handsome looking amp it’s certainly not the best performer in its class. ?It lacks inductance on 160 and the tank isn’t so hood on 15 and 10. ?

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On Saturday, December 9, 2023, 6:51 PM, Tom Hess <Tomhess8@...> wrote:

I have a lot of parts for amplifiers and stuff. I handle estates for the local ham club and have?

processed estates for several Collins Radio engineers. They collected lots of parts over the years.

I don't have any experience with the Centurion, so I don't know what your parts look like.

Please send a photo of the switch and specs?for the capacitor - size, value, voltage.

Tom KD0HF

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On Sat, Dec 9, 2023 at 9:42?AM Omni <selcor@...> wrote:

I have recently acquired a Ten-Tec Centurion model 422 that is in very nice condition, but has a blown up bandswitch and the plate tuning capacitor was arced.? I might be able to salvage the capacitor, but the bandswich will need to be rebuilt or replaced.? If anyone has a switch/parts and/or a capacitor please contact me off list to let me know what you have.

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TenTec buit?their own variable capacitors. ?So their plates are unlike any others. ?I have some plates and if you want you?ship me the cap I’ll rebuild it for you. ?I should have a few plates left. ?Although it’s a handsome looking amp it’s certainly not the best performer in its class. ?It lacks inductance on 160 and the tank isn’t so hood on 15 and 10. ?

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TenTec buit?their own variable capacitors. ?So their plates are unlike any others. ?I have some plates and if you want you?ship me the cap I’ll rebuild it for you. ?I should have a few plates left. ?Although it’s a handsome looking amp it’s certainly not the best performer in its class. ?It lacks inductance on 160 and the tank isn’t so hood on 15 and 10. ?

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On Tuesday, December 19, 2023, 8:02 PM, Omni <selcor@...> wrote:

Hi Lou:

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I sent a reply to this message on Sunday December 10^th to your direct email address, but did not hear back from you. ?Can you still help with plates for the Centurion Plate Tuning cap?

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73,

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Steve

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Louis Parascondola via groups.io
Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2023 12:10 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [ham-amplifiers] Ten-Tec Centurion Parts Needed

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TenTec buit?their own variable capacitors. ?So their plates are unlike any others. ?I have some plates and if you want you?ship me the cap I’ll rebuild it for you. ?I should have a few plates left. ?Although it’s a handsome looking amp it’s certainly not the best performer in its class. ?It lacks inductance on 160 and the tank isn’t so hood on 15 and 10. ?

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Steve, I don’t remember getting any email. ?If you want?to send me the capacitor I’ll try to rebuild it for you. ?Lou