Good Morning Everyone,
This is in response to the letter sent about the K2 vs the Argo-516. I
also have heard much about the K2 and wished the price was less so I
could get my hands dirty with the rig. But, funds not being there I opted
for the TenTec Argonaut-5. I was blown away by the ease of menus and its
user friendly atmosphere (after playing around with a FT-100D and other
menu rigs). I have owned in the past Collins 75S1, FT-767, Paragon-II,
Drake R4-B, and smaller receiving sets. I presently own a Paragon (which
I would not not trade for love or money)! Comparing the receiver of the
TT516 to all the other rigs of past and present, I have to say the TT516
has the most sensitive receiver I have owned. There is one birdy (small
on 10mtrs - barely noticeble). The DSP is nothing short of fantastic with
sharp cut-offs as you go through the selection of selectivity choices. I
have owned it now for about 9 months and have found I now choose it as my
"MAIN" station over any others including those with amplifiers. It is now
the only rig I use on Digital. I have worked every continent and over 126
countries on 20 - 10 digital using PSK-31, RTTY, CW, HF-PKT, and also
SSTV including the new Digital SSTV mode. It is simple to hook up and a
real pleasure to use. My unit does have the TXCO in it but really not
sure if it was needed. My unit is the original model with the 2-slide on
fans. Fans are quiet and I have to get my ear near them to make sure they
are still working. I use the TT 937 PS and it runs cool as a cucumber. I
have even used it many times on AM transmit (5-watts) and all tell me
they cannot beleive the AM quality from it. This is from the AM boys on
the E. Coast who fool around with Studio or Broadcast AM modulation! ---
Well, I just couldn't resist adding my 2 cents for all the pluses I have
seen for this lil wonder by TenTec! And I guess the only thing left to
say is that here on the TT thread you mostly read the "bad" about rigs. I
went back to the archives of over a year and found one minor bad comment
(fan noise for newer units). THIS IN ITSELF HAS TO SAY SOMETHING! Glad I
purchased this instaed of the more costly (and in a kit) K2 with slow
delivery on promises!
A Proud 516 owner --- Thanks TenTec!
N8LUV --- Jim
On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 11:48:25 -0000 "blacklabpupp" <blacklabpupp@aol.com>
writes:
Bob
I hate to make an issue of it with you. Don't take what I am
about to
say in the wrong way. But the K2 needs some work before they sell me
another one. The TT516 has it beat in almost every way.
I bought my first one off Ebay. Not impressed at all. I was surprised
by all the hype of better figures. Didn't exist. My Omni 5, now
many
years old was quieter, but according to their figures on the web site
at that time my rig was going to be shown up.
So I sold it, on Ebay where it came from, thinking maybe it was
because of who built it. After a few weeks of building time, got
the "I cant believe it is a kit" finished and it was still
the same
old clunky menu, same old performance, full of birdies, especially
right in the middle on 15, where you want to be. Which is a major
problem and they will not tell you that on their web site, also the
terrible SSB. The rig by their own admission is not designed as a SSB
rig. It is primarily a CW rig with SSB added as an after thought. I
think the passband was 2.1. I may be wrong about that, but I as well
as a local engineer looked it over and it can't be changed, as
well
as a few other things. I bought mine with the promise in a few months
we will have one with a 100 watt add on. It never came after 2 years.
So I sold it also on Ebay and after long experience I would not own
another after using the TT. These people know how to build a rig,
simple functions, straight forward design, looks like a rig, you get
what is promised, and its all there not add ons. I will stop here but
I could say more.
I hope this is taken in the right spirit, I don't mean for it to
sound ruff, but the K2 is not in my opinion equal to the TT516. One
last thought the Oak Hills Research OHR 500 is equal to the K2 and
cost less. I still have mine. I left the Elecraft message board after
they told me not to buy the OHR 500 because it was built like a
toaster. They will say anything on that board as long as it if
Elecraft favorable. A toaster; LOL; their almost the same size. I
wrote two articles on other boards about the K2 and I still get at
least one comment a week telling me they agree. All the best,
don't
get your feeling hurt for my dislike of the K2.
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