BlankSorry, the first message I sent was too long because of all the 
replies. I didn't copy the whole thing when I resent it, so here goes the 
third strike...

Butch and Tom,

I ran across a product review on the Tentech Scout.  I agree, it shouldn't 
draw more than 10A as a 50-watt output rig.

However, note the following excerpt from a QRP 1993 product review:
The most interesting part is that nobody even
realized that I was running only 50 watts! As the rig comes out of the box,
it is factory pre-set at 50 watts, but is externally accessble for 
adjustment
down to the 5-watt area. There is a trick to this, however; when Ten-Tec was
field-testing the Scout, they found that the tune mode could cause fuses to
blow. So before shipping, they re-configured the rig so that the output in
the tune mode was limited. In making this change, however, they restricted
the amount of adjustment possible for operating power output. Ten-Tec has
promised to put out a mods sheet for moving a jumper to defeat this 
restriction.

I wonder if possibly the previous owner made that modification to the tune 
mode which is causing that bug to crop up and blow the Scout's fuse.

Steve, K8SP
----- Original Message ----- 
From:
Butch Bussen
To:
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Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 6:53 PM
Subject: Re: source for 12-amp round AGC fuses
I serously doubt if it is fused that close.  What is the power output of
the rig?  Ball park, figure power out is 50 percent of total power
required.
73
Butch
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