Bill:
Keep us posted on further exploits! Although I already have a Corsair,
Paragon, and Scout, the Argo V is tempting me, like the siren songs
tempted those hapless Greeks..
73,
Bob WB2VUF
William wrote:
> You may recall from your literature courses the saga of Jason and the
> Argonauts. Well let me tell you, I am just as anxious as those ancient
> Greeks to see the end of my Odyssey. My Argonaut has been in the Great
> Smokey Mountains since January 9th and is now on board the good ship FedEx.
> Hopefully it will have not as many trials as the original Argonauts on its
> journey back to Canada.
>
> Today the invoice arrived, so I have shelled out sufficient Drachmas, likely
> converted to U.S. funds and eagerly await the sound of the doorbell. I just
> know that the customs and excise branch will want their pound of flesh and I
> will have to battle with them to prove that I have already paid import
> duties once--quite enough, thank-you.
>
> In my previous posts, I detailed the problems on receive that were
> significantly degrading performance. Any strong signal would appear
> multiple times all across a band, general coverage and broadcast signals
> came in as wide as the tuning on a crystal set. Various solutions were
> suggested and tried and Ten Tec, when contacted, had no other advice besides
> a request to send it to them.
>
> They have now replaced the RF board, aligned, tuned, checked, upgraded and
> shipped my cool little rig. A new, almost full wave 80m loop antenna
> awaits, a new Kent dual key ( straight and iambic paddle ) is ready to be
> plugged in, the latest version of Ham Radio Deluxe and the Elecraft T1
> antenna tuner are poised to make things happen.
>
> I hope the doorbell rings soon.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bill
> VE7BER
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