Interesting comparison.
I don't have other Ten Tec (or anything else) to compare with right
now, but I do know that my Argo V receiver seems really hot. The last
rig I owned was an old Icom 735 and the Argo is certainly steps above
that.
73,
Tom
K4NOX
On May 15, 2005, at 2:03 PM, Mike Bryce wrote:
> hola..
>
> yesterday I had some extra goof off time in the shack.
>
> I connected my Jupiter, Argonaut V and an old Ten Tec Delta II to the
> same antenna via a coax switch.
>
> I found a weak signal on 18.156.10 mHz.
>
> tuned all three to the same frequency. Here's what I noticed.
>
> The jupiter could just barely hear the signal. No s-meter at all. The
> audio had to be up to 96% to hear the guy. At normal operating audio
> levels, you would have tuned right through this station not knowing he
> was on the the air.
>
> The Argonaut V was showing a solid S-3 signal and you could hear and
> understand every word he said
>
> The Delta II knew the something was there, but you could not get enough
> audio to understand what was being said.
>
> SInce the audio drive on the Jupiter had to be up to almost 100% to
> recover audio, had this signal been CW, the sidetone would have made
> your ears bleed without turning the audio drive down first. That would
> have been most unpleasant.
>
> I was surprised how well the Argonaut V heard the same station.
> Especially when you consider the Argonaut V is alleged to have the same
> basic receiver design as the Jupiter.
>
> I was also surprised how badly the Delta II did.
>
> I do not own any Icom, Kenwood, or Yaesu equipment to compare my ten
> tec radios with using the same test.
>
> I do know, the Jupiter's receiver performance is a real let down on
> anything above 14 mHz.
>
> It sure would be nice to see ten tec come out with something better
> than the Jupiter, but less than the Orion.
>
> mike, wb8vge
>
> Mike, WB8VGE
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