- 21. [TenTec] SOTA RADIO - Bioennopower batteries (score: 1)
- Author: Reed <w4jz@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2016 16:09:32 -0500
- Mention Ham Nation and you will get a discount too. I ordered mine from Buddiepole 4 or 5 years ago & they are still going strong. Cheaper at Bioennopower! Still have a Argonaut 515 bought new with c
- /archives//html/TenTec/2016-03/msg00216.html (9,709 bytes)
- 22. [TenTec] SOTA RADIO - Bioennopower batteries (score: 1)
- Author: Reed <w4jz@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2016 17:52:41 -0500
- Rick, there are 2 sets of wires. One set for power and a plug wired for the ACC jack on the FT-817. What ever the input voltage is, 12 to 14 volts, is what keys the relay at 54 ma. This is what I mea
- /archives//html/TenTec/2016-03/msg00219.html (7,395 bytes)
- 23. [TenTec] SOTA Radios (score: 1)
- Author: Reed <w4jz@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2016 00:04:56 -0500
- If I was going to do a 5 to 7 mile hike it would depend if I was going by myself or with someone which would determine what rig I carried. Weight & size would have a huge part on my decision! I proba
- /archives//html/TenTec/2016-03/msg00224.html (7,628 bytes)
- 24. [TenTec] SOTA RADIO - Bioennopower batteries (score: 1)
- Author: Reed <w4jz@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2016 09:28:52 -0500
- Rick, amp weights 1.5 lbs. <It all sounded too good to be true until I read the bottom line.> Guess you talking about no instructions. You don't need them. It's just a basic HF amp. <My preference wo
- /archives//html/TenTec/2016-03/msg00233.html (8,453 bytes)
- 25. [TenTec] MX-P50M Amp Harmonics and IMD (score: 1)
- Author: Reed <w4jz@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2016 15:52:42 -0500
- <Don't have a spectrum analyzer? That's no excuse -- if there are harmonics or spurs, YOU are in violation.> http://gm4slv-geek.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/mx-p50m-amplifier-for-ft817.html Looks pretty cl
- /archives//html/TenTec/2016-03/msg00245.html (7,311 bytes)
- 26. [TenTec] Portable QRP/SOTA (score: 1)
- Author: Reed <w4jz@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2016 17:42:52 -0500
- I see several on the list are interested in QRP, in general, plus operating portable. I've been in QRP for over 40 years, mostly on CW then digital. I don't do contest or go looking for DX, but that
- /archives//html/TenTec/2016-03/msg00249.html (9,224 bytes)
- 27. [TenTec] Portable QRP/SOTA (score: 1)
- Author: Reed <w4jz@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2016 19:23:08 -0500
- Well Barry, I guess I haven't hit the magic length to do well with a random piece of wire. I've made contacts, but compared to a dipole or resonant end feed antenna there just wasn't any comparison.
- /archives//html/TenTec/2016-03/msg00253.html (7,444 bytes)
- 28. [TenTec] Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) Battery (score: 1)
- Author: Reed <w4jz@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2016 22:32:59 -0500
- Steve, batteries have come a long way just as the Argonaut 515 has compared to the HW-7 & not to mention today's rigs. I got introduced to these batteries I believe around 2010. The gel-cells were so
- /archives//html/TenTec/2016-03/msg00258.html (8,410 bytes)
- 29. [TenTec] Portable QRP/SOTA (score: 1)
- Author: Reed <w4jz@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2016 23:48:13 -0500
- Hi Tim, Another antenna that works good portable, or if space is a problem like motel room or apartment, is a loop antenna. For the size they really work well. I have 3 here. An old AEA in the attic,
- /archives//html/TenTec/2016-03/msg00259.html (9,495 bytes)
- 30. [TenTec] Portable QRP/SOTA (score: 1)
- Author: Reed <w4jz@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2016 15:04:24 -0500
- Something I forgot to mention, you don't have to use the RG-58 or RG-8X coax to feed a wire antenna. You can use RG-174 which is a lot easier to carry as long as the length is not too long to keep lo
- /archives//html/TenTec/2016-03/msg00265.html (8,986 bytes)
- 31. [TenTec] Portable QRP/SOTA (score: 1)
- Author: Reed <w4jz@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2016 22:44:38 -0500
- Tim, you might try getting some of that really small like 26 or 28 ga. magnet wire and running that out to a tree limb or better something that will not move. Very hard to see. Leave plenty of slack
- /archives//html/TenTec/2016-03/msg00267.html (8,177 bytes)
- 32. [TenTec] Removing SMD IC's (score: 1)
- Author: Reed <w4jz@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2016 23:13:03 -0500
- For those that have really good eye site & steady hands that want to repair on the component level. Don't believe there is too many that do this anymore. I do know Elecraft does if board is not too d
- /archives//html/TenTec/2016-04/msg00030.html (7,232 bytes)
- 33. [TenTec] Audio improvements on Argonaut VI (score: 1)
- Author: Reed <w4jz@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2018 14:56:13 -0500
- Carlos, I don't hear the hiss on my Argonaut VI unless I put head phones on & listen very carefully. I'm guessing you have the AF turned all the way down, counter clockwise? And that depends on wha
- /archives//html/TenTec/2018-08/msg00156.html (8,713 bytes)
- 34. [TenTec] Audio improvements on Argonaut VI (score: 1)
- Author: Reed <w4jz@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2018 00:45:32 -0500
- Rick, the Corsair II has a mechanical VFO where the Argonaut VI does not. Not a fair comparison, in my opinion, as to which is quieter. I hear those very weak pulsing noises as I turn the encoder
- /archives//html/TenTec/2018-08/msg00160.html (8,814 bytes)
- 35. [TenTec] PTO Grease (score: 1)
- Author: Reed <w4jz@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2020 22:49:04 -0600
- I found this on Ten Tec site. https://www.tentec.com/faq-ten-tec-pto-lubricant/?fbclid=IwAR24zVzxlqBznaI_FBXCTPOf71OjG5EGT0IuETAtwpGetx6n5hpapNxdsg4 I remember someone from the orginal Ten Tec said t
- /archives//html/TenTec/2020-11/msg00038.html (6,927 bytes)
- 36. [TenTec] Ten Tec Argo V repair (score: 1)
- Author: Reed Fite <w4jz@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2021 21:24:23 +0000 (UTC)
- I have an Argonaut VI that after 2 years old I lost receive on 160 & 80 meters. This was in June 2015 with the second owner of Ten Tec. Shipped it to them & a week later got a call from the service d
- /archives//html/TenTec/2021-01/msg00054.html (8,526 bytes)
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