- 101. Re: [TenTec] Argonaut Guru Search (score: 1)
- Author: geoffrey mendelson <geoffreymendelson@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 01:11:12 +0300
- I have one, but the topic of the 505 had a lot of helful posts to QRP-L back in the 90's. I would suggest you search the list archives available from QRP-ARCI club website. Most everything is there y
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- 102. Re: [TenTec] Agronaut Manual (score: 1)
- Author: geoffrey mendelson <geoffreymendelson@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 00:10:38 +0300
- First off, I would like to thank the serval who have offered information in my quest to get the 505 back on the air. I just obtained this little gem at Dayton this past weekend. My first project is
- /archives//html/TenTec/2010-05/msg00186.html (10,030 bytes)
- 103. Re: [TenTec] Agronaut Manual (score: 1)
- Author: geoffrey mendelson <geoffreymendelson@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 10:44:11 +0300
- Thanks so much. The manual for the 505 (which my argo is) does not match the type of dial string I have, but the 509 manual seems to match. I should get it going or so I hope. 73, Jim. I think the t
- /archives//html/TenTec/2010-05/msg00192.html (9,828 bytes)
- 104. Re: [TenTec] Agronaut Manual (score: 1)
- Author: geoffrey mendelson <geoffreymendelson@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 11:31:03 +0300
- I'm still trying to work out whether an "Agronaut" is an Argonaut which is causing you lots of aggravation, or a new rig specially designed for _Field _Day :) It's the "American" spelling. Sorry - ju
- /archives//html/TenTec/2010-05/msg00194.html (8,878 bytes)
- 105. Re: [TenTec] Model 546, Omni C, Series B, Digital alignment help? (score: 1)
- Author: geoffrey mendelson <geoffreymendelson@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 20:13:45 +0300
- So far I have rebuilt the PTO with the kit from TenTec. But I found the dial calibration is off by a few kc (2-3) Even if I try to use the offset maxed to one extreme, it's not on frequency. It's a P
- /archives//html/TenTec/2010-05/msg00281.html (11,308 bytes)
- 106. Re: [TenTec] Paragon - easy to work on? (score: 1)
- Author: geoffrey mendelson <geoffreymendelson@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 23:51:06 +0300
- The battery in the Paragon is inside one of the chips on a daughter board at the rear of the Logic board, and I saw an outfit on the internet (something like Batteries R Us :) that had those. You'll
- /archives//html/TenTec/2010-05/msg00292.html (10,171 bytes)
- 107. Re: [TenTec] Paragon - easy to work on? (score: 1)
- Author: geoffrey mendelson <geoffreymendelson@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 07:38:37 +0300
- Phil, I was referring to the Dallas MC146818AP Rom/Rom/Rtc chip on the daughter board, which has its own battery and lasts for 10+ years at worst. It is possible some of the Paragons had other than D
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- 108. Re: [TenTec] Paragon - easy to work on? (score: 1)
- Author: geoffrey mendelson <geoffreymendelson@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 16:27:08 +0300
- Thanks for the great info! Yes, please do let us know more. Those chips have become scarcer than turtle fur. http://www.squirrel.com/sun-nvram-hostid.faq.html#attach It may not seem like much, but i
- /archives//html/TenTec/2010-05/msg00330.html (9,654 bytes)
- 109. Re: [TenTec] Ten-Tec rebranding (score: 1)
- Author: geoffrey mendelson <geoffreymendelson@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 20:51:09 +0300
- I've often wondered why Ten-Tec didn't keep its engineering in Sevierville and outsource production to the east. Certainly the build quality and QC of its locally-produced transceivers are nothing s
- /archives//html/TenTec/2010-05/msg00346.html (10,908 bytes)
- 110. Re: [TenTec] Ten-Tec rebranding (score: 1)
- Author: geoffrey mendelson <geoffreymendelson@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 19:42:31 +0300
- Dave, Let's keep things straight. Remember what happened to R.L. Drake when some rocket scientist at the company decided that it could not afford equipment for vertical insertion of diodes and resist
- /archives//html/TenTec/2010-05/msg00390.html (10,604 bytes)
- 111. Re: [TenTec] Ten-Tec rebranding (score: 1)
- Author: geoffrey mendelson <geoffreymendelson@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 22:38:40 +0300
- YES I am a retired bankruptcy lawyer. I could not agree more !!! I have witnessed the damage first hand. == JHR == Let's not be shortsighted. We need more manufacturing jobs and less service jobs. A
- /archives//html/TenTec/2010-05/msg00398.html (10,732 bytes)
- 112. Re: [TenTec] Ten-Tec 411 Centaur Amp Problem (score: 1)
- Author: geoffrey mendelson <geoffreymendelson@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 23:10:05 +0300
- It is interesting how a simple fix for these problems doesn't seem to be well known. I submitted the article draft to QST, and it was questioned by the Technical Review folks, and although I have bee
- /archives//html/TenTec/2010-05/msg00531.html (11,492 bytes)
- 113. Re: [TenTec] Orion2 Firmware Update (score: 1)
- Author: geoffrey mendelson <geoffreymendelson@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 22:13:28 +0300
- The possible saving grace in the O II situation might be that we are "only" dealing with 10K lines of code, rather than millions in the banking situation. Rather than trying to fix the existing firm
- /archives//html/TenTec/2010-04/msg00281.html (15,047 bytes)
- 114. Re: [TenTec] Orion2 Firmware Update (score: 1)
- Author: geoffrey mendelson <geoffreymendelson@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 07:36:13 +0300
- We can't know for sure unless someone comments from TT, but I assume that the Orion software is built using a commercial software framework or set of libraries that cannot legally be copied, and whi
- /archives//html/TenTec/2010-04/msg00297.html (11,205 bytes)
- 115. [TenTec] elastic cord specs? (score: 1)
- Author: geoffrey mendelson <geoffreymendelson@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2010 20:43:17 +0300
- Does anyone have the specifications for the elastic cord used in the slide rule type dials? I have an Argonaut 509 in need of a replacement cord. Not being in the US, ordering from Ten-Tec, or buying
- /archives//html/TenTec/2010-04/msg00438.html (7,773 bytes)
- 116. Re: [TenTec] Older Argonauts (score: 1)
- Author: geoffrey mendelson <geoffreymendelson@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:41:59 +0200
- After becoming interested in the older QRP rigs, I bought an Argonaut 505. Am surprised there isn't a group of folks owning the 505, 509 and 515 rigs to chat with about troubleshooting, repair, etc.
- /archives//html/TenTec/2010-03/msg00054.html (10,557 bytes)
- 117. Re: [TenTec] Older Argonauts (score: 1)
- Author: geoffrey mendelson <geoffreymendelson@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:51:55 +0200
- Oh, they're always very good to deal with, helped me with buying a PTO kit, answered a question about the S-meter, etc. But after all, they've a business to run and new stuff to fix. I wouldn't bothe
- /archives//html/TenTec/2010-03/msg00055.html (9,799 bytes)
- 118. Re: [TenTec] Titan III screen current question..... (score: 1)
- Author: geoffrey mendelson <geoffreymendelson@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:28:12 +0200
- I got radical. I fashioned a strip made from a old ruler, painted it to match the meters' trim, mounted two # 47 sockets on its underside and attached it just at the bottom FRONT of the meters using
- /archives//html/TenTec/2010-03/msg00162.html (11,169 bytes)
- 119. Re: [TenTec] Model 1208 Transverter (score: 1)
- Author: geoffrey mendelson <geoffreymendelson@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:53:17 +0200
- I wish I had bought one of the ten meter to two meter transverters. It would have been the perfect mate for my Radio Shack HTX-100 10 meter SSB/CW transceiver, which never gets any use these days. A
- /archives//html/TenTec/2010-03/msg00170.html (9,141 bytes)
- 120. Re: [TenTec] TenTec 243 VFO question (score: 1)
- Author: geoffrey mendelson <geoffreymendelson@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:33:19 +0300
- And if you want one, email me, as I have spare one, downstairs in my flooding basement (otherwise I'd have answered directly...) David (and the rest of the list as this is really a general request)
- /archives//html/TenTec/2010-03/msg00406.html (9,721 bytes)
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