My Argo V spends most of its time these days as the driver of my 1208
transverter -- much safer for the 1208 than trying to drive it with a 100-watt
radio. However, I've had good results operating the Argo V portable with
an Outbacker Outreach, mostly on 20 and 30 meters. It works well on RTTY as
well as CW.
73 Ray W2RS
In a message dated 7/26/2010 11:12:23 A.M. GMT Standard Time,
Jliving39@aol.com writes
Folks,
Nice mobile combo is an ARGO V and a 4 1/2 foot base loaded MFJ whip
(MFJ 2620T). This whip tunes almost 1:1 w/o a tuner. I put the whip on
a
magnet and stuck it on top of the Explorer. Did have to find a good
ground
inside the vehicle to run to the rig. Does require a little tweaking to
get swr where you want it obviously. Mine is set for lower 20 meter cw
area
of band. Running the ARGO V at a max of 20 watts with this whip do get
many 599 reports on cw on 20. This is a nice combo for someone wanting
to
try mobile, especially cw. Used a SCOUT for years at about 25 wattts
mobile
and it worked well on ssb, but on cw a little more difficult than the
ARGO
V with nets due to difference in send and receive frequencies. The ARGO
V
is stable as a rock even in hot environment of a car in summer. The
short
whip is nice because you can run fast and work cw same time and not worry
about trees, etc. A hustler resonator with the standard mast works a
little
better, but does tend to seek out trees and other low objects. You can
have a lot of fun with the county hunter net and a low powered rig
especially
on 20 cw. Simple is good. Hostile and Mobile.
Jim, K4CFA
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