I always thought the Delta 580 was a pretty good rig. I can tell you
that Al Kahn (of Ten-Tec fame) had his choice of rigs and ran the 580
mobile for a long time. The only major shortcoming in my book is that
the frequency display counter pre-scales for each band crystal. Since
the pre-scaling is not necessarily the same as the crystal's
frequency, the display is not accurate, being off maybe 2 kHz on a
band and off 2 kHz the opposite direction on another band. For me,
that was really bothersome -- I can do better with an analog rig and a
calibrator. Otherwise, the QSK is great and the rig always worked
smooth for me.
It's value on today's market if in excellent shape would be about $300
US, depending on what options are installed (noise blanker, CW filter,
etc.).
73, Mike N4NT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brien Pepperdine" <pepperb@gov.on.ca>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 9:24 AM
Subject: [TenTec] info on Delta (Delta "1" model 580?)
|
| Anyone wishing to comment on the original Delta, please email me.
| One has appeared from an estate and both myself and the 'inheritor'
would
| like to know about this rig.
| Seems to have had a shortish model life some back so not a lot of
web
| based info, so any comments on yay/nay, use,
| operational expectations, performance, the usual scuttlebutt etc.
would be
| welcome so we can determine if we are going to keep, utilize or take
to
| hamfest.
|
| 73
|
| Brien Pepperdine
| VE3VAW
|