I offer for sale my Model 555 Scout in a package deal:
(1) Base radio, w/NB, serial number 06A11025 (dating the radio to June 1995)
(2) 701 hand-held microphone
(3) original manual (Dec 1995 print date, not one of the poor-quality
photocopies they started shipping later)
(4) power cord (basic cord w/out inline fuse, as sold to me by Ten-Tec; AMP
Mate-n-Lock at one end, bare wires at the other end, ready for you to attach
your preferred connectors and your own preferred fusing)
(5) 7 Modules - 40M, 30M, 20M, 17M, 15M, 12M, 10M (in other words, all but 160M
and 80M); and
(6) an unused and somewhat rare mobile mount (which I bought new from Ten Tec
in 2000, but never put to use)
I do have pictures of everything:
https://app.box.com/s/ex4m01situuuh1l550sfk3pa7ji8skrz
I am asking for $475 for the entire package, sold as is, shipping included if
not to an unusual location (i.e., not a particularly expensive shipping
location, but if so, then I might need additional payment to help out).
The only problem that I am aware of with this radio is the following: The
three-way Speed/RIT switch does not work to switch on the Speed setting (i.e,
it doesn't activate the keyer speed adjustment, leaving you left with the speed
at the default 25 wpm for the internal Curtis Mode B keyer). The RIT side of
the switch works just fine. I don't know if this is the case of a bad switch
itself, a problem with the switch mounting being slightly off and not throwing
far enough in the one direction, or in a broken connection somewhere in the
radio. I recall this happening intermittently when I first acquired the radio,
although it never bothered me because I was fine using the keyer at 25 wpm (and
using Farnsworth keying with a paddle to get slower speeds) or more commonly
using an external keyer/paddle.
At this time I prefer to sell this as an entire package only, so no separate
pieces to be sold.
I am at least the third owner of this radio itself, which I've owned since
2000. I used the radio regularly from 2000 to 2007 (until it got set aside for
an 556 Argo Scout that I had then purchased and only used this radio
occasionally since). The radio has scuffs on the case, but no outright
scratches. I am a non-smoker. Some of the modules came with the radio; others I
added later. The entire time I operated this 555 Scout, I have kept the power
turned down to approx. 5 watts, and so when you get it, you will need to
readjust the power level back up to 50 watts if that is what you want to put
out.
I request payment by bank cashier's check or postal money order only.
The reason I am selling is that I now have a Ten-Tec Argonaut VI as my main
radio, with my Argo Scout now the back-up radio (with basic 80/40/20/15/10
meter modules) and for occasional mobile use. As a committed QRP operator, the
555 Scout is more radio than I need compared to the 5-watt 556 Argo Scout or
Argonaut VI. I am raising funds to eventually purchase an Elecraft KX3 with
internal tuner and roofing filters to eventually become my portable/mobile
radio.
Let me know if you are interested.
Cheers/73,
Kevin Anderson, K9IUA
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Kevin Anderson, Dubuque IA USA, K9IUA
k9iua (at) yahoo (dot) com
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