Mike,
Thanks for the reply. I have operated QRP from the house and find that
the Argosy is a workable rig even at 5 Watts. The first rig I ever used
was a Argonaut so the Argosy seems to be a reasonable progression. So
why not put a kit together for operation in the field? Well, as normal
as being ham operator, anyways.
I have the radio. and next is a power source. It looks like I can get
at least a couple of hours, if not more, from a 5 to 7.5 Ah battery. If
the load is really 50% transmitting and 50% listening, I can get about 3
hours form a 5 Ah battery and the sealed units are slightly less than 5
lbs so the load on my back is not huge so far.
That is why I placed the query here. Although it seems as though the
FT-817 is as popular as any else, I would enjoy putting my Argosy back
the air.
73,
John / WA1JG
On 9/7/2011 4:39 PM, Mike Hyder -N4NT- wrote:
> You can reduce current drain if you will use a set of unused contacts to
> switch the lamps off and on. If you have the digital model, there is a
> button to shut off the display, I think, and you can run the meter lamp lead
> through a spare contact. I don't know about the analog Argosy's contact
> nomenclature.
>
> I would think the basic rig would draw on the order of 1.5 amps on low power
> but that's speculation.
>
> 73, Mike -N4NT-
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John"<jh.graves@verizon.net>
> To:<tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 10:40 AM
> Subject: [TenTec] Argosy (I)
>
>
>> I have an Argosy and think it would fun to use it as a portable rig.
>> Has anybody built up a portable supply for it? The listed specs say it
>> draws .5 A on RX and 9 A. Max. Is it really 2 A. total at low power ( 5
>> W)? as an extrapolation ? The FT-817 runs about 2A on transmit aso I
>> would think I would be in that range. At least one person is using a
>> 5000 mah battery as a supply for the 817. Just thinking out load.
>>
>> John / WA1JG
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