In a message dated 5/25/2006 10:42:10 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
k5uj@hotmail.com writes:
Let's step into my time machine and go back to 1997:
http://web.archive.org/web/19980221023712/www.tentec.com/pricelis.htm
We see a new Scout listed for $549. The modules were $29 each. power
supply was $79.
So, a new Scout for all bands 160 through 10 meters with a p.s. totaled up
at $889. Okay, I stand corrected; not a kilobuck rig and I apologize for
that error. But if I had had 889 bucks, i'd have picked up something else.
73,
rob / k5uj
>Stuart
>K5KVH
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I got mine for just under $400 used, in nice shape with NB and all modules.
I run it through a ldg z 11 autotuner to a shared sloper. the scout is a
backup to a backup for use when the power goes out, ( I have a rig runner and
a
set of solar panels charging a battery bank, and the scout is more forgiving
ofm poor voltage than anything else I have. it has its place and sometimes
I use it to check into the swap nets. fifty watts on a wire and they give me
compliments on the audio.
I have an orion, the scout, a ts2000, a corsair II, and omni c, and icom
746pro, in the shack and an ft 847 in the truck and an ft 857d in both cars.
most of the time I use the orion, and some times I use the corsair II for nets
because of the lower hiss level from the PTO. most of the time I use the
orion, but the scout is fun to play with and easy to use. like a no brainer
that
works.. I have 4 or 5 hf amps and associated tuners for most of this stuff.
YMMV
tom N6AJR
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