hi It's a tossup between the Argo V and the Scout. For casual operating, traffic handling, and some contesting, I use the Argo V. The receiver down's block on strong sigs. Ron K3MIY Bill, I have no e
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Ben The 2 MHz oscillator is tuned with a rotary inductor. If you haven't already done so, check the coil for corrosion. Check whatever the coil has for a contact to the rest of the circuit. leaning m
Paul Your guess is correct. If you narrow the bandwidth, the effecton PBT is more noticeable; the peaks are more pronounced. The BW control is similar to the "Jones" filter on the Scout and Argo IV (
Hi Stuart good comments on RF grounding. How about paralleling ground wires (fan)? This would also lower impedance, so no curent qouldflow. ron K3MIY Steve, you can bond the house AC ground to the to
Rob and others the probable reason for the complaints going to Office of Eng. and Tech. is that there are no standards for BPL per se. Once the problems caused by BPL can be measured, standards will
jeff A good rig for camp is the TenTec Scout. if one is available. Easy to operate. Ron K3MIY --Original Message-- From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf
Richard The next planet after Jupiter is Saturn, but Sevierville's neighbor, Smyrna has that one sewed up, so Uranus is correct. Wonder what the Neptune and Pluto will look like? Ron K3MIY With antic
hi The stiffness of the Scout knob is because it is directly coupled to a rotary inductor that tunes the VFO. Very stable knob. I used therig many years in Field Day Contests ron K3MIY Yes, judging b
Rob and group There is a ground wave, and there is a space wave. The groundwave loses its effectiveness at about 3 MHz. due to dielectric losses. If ionospheric propagation is not available at 14 MHz
Dave The V doesn't have a PYO. It uses an optical shaft encoder (I think). The tuning is smooth. No freq shift on CW at high speeds. If you get the optional TCXO, the rig is super stable. Good rig. R
Dave The Argo V does fine copying SSB sigs down to about 1100Hz bandwidth. For CW, using the DSP filters in concert with Pass Band Tuning gives good results. Adjacent signals do not block a weak sign
Hi Save Yes I like the Argo RX. It is better than the FT 100. Good contest rig. The DSP filters, in combo with passband tuning, work quite well. The narrower that the DSP filter is set, the better pe
Hi Paul I listened to the QRP calling freq on 40. i tried to hear the sme stuff on my Argo V. No luck. Hi. Merry Christmas ron K3MIY --Original Message-- From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:t
Ben and group I toutinely use the SG 239 to peak a signal outside the ham bands. If I want to listen to the BBC on 15.190 MHz, I tune the wire at the high end of 20 meters. It works fairly well. Ron
Merry Christmas to the reflector Please explain the term "roofing filter". What type of filter is it, and how does it get its name? How does it differ from the standard filters with which I am famili
Hi maybe we should just turn on the rig and computer, run a program that does al the work, and let the best rig-computer combo win. Then all contesters use that combo. It would be interesting to see
Gang Someone had problems with the Argo 'Jumping" freq during PSK31 Qso's read this! ron I now have seen the light. After reviewing Clinton's explanation on the Sound Card sample rate and it's effect
Jim right on! I always thought that someone with an ego was severely emotionally handicapped ron K3MIY I agree. If you think administering a group with this number of members, this much traffic and a
patrick if you haven't sold it already (laptop) i;ll take it off your hands. Where do I send the MO? ron K3MIY I've got an Toshiba Satellite T2155CDS laptop (486/DX4 75) for sale. I've been using it