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Turn the Drive knob down (counter clockwise), select your band.

I spoke with a ham I work with who has rebuilt one and he said it's not difficult, simply time consuming (but he repairs electronics all day so YMMV). It doesn't slip (yet) but it's kinda stiff so I expect a PTO rebuild to be in my future. The Ham I purchased mine from said it had been rebuilt. From web searches and reviews its most common problem is a PTO that has to be rebuilt every few years. It also has easy band changing and nice filtering. This resulted in a simplified design and good selectivity but without the IF there is no AGC so be ready to work those RF/AF gain knobs. It doesn't use a superheterodyne receiver but a direct conversion receiver (Ten-Tec called it a double direct conversion receiver). It has a built-in power supply that runs off 115-120v mains. It doesn't require fiddling with a resonant tank circuit of the typical tube radios of the era to work out resonance. In the simplest sense it was an ideal radio for the Novice Licensed HAM operator of the 1970s. It has been laying in a line of trees all of this time and I have never had any problems with it.The Ten-Tec Century 21 is an interesting transceiver. I have a G5RV that is almost 15 years old that works like a champ both receiving and transmitting. TenTec has discontinued the Pegasus, but they still have some that have been factory reconditioned.įrankly if you really want to pull in distant stations you need an antenna that would also be capable of transmitting.

Can't be beat for a ham or anyone that is planning on becoming a ham. I highly recommend it.įor about the same price as a good receiver you can buy the Pegasus and have listening and transmittinng capability. This software is also available for many other radios and receivers and is updated regularly. The TenTec software that lets your computer become the front of the radio has been updated several times and works good.īut for outstanding results and to make it a super receiver the N4PY software is essential. This is the unit that is a computer case and only has an on/off swiltch. I'm an extra class ham and I have sever HF radios.