Here's a voltage boost board that will take in 9-12 V and put out 13.8 V at 3.6 amps. It looks nice, but I don't know the price. It can also convert 12V to 24V. http://www.abpco.com/High_Efficiency_S
Al, Check to see if there are trimmer capacitors that set the BFO/carrier oscillator offsets. When they get old they can take shifts. I had this happen on my Paragon. Shoot them with contact cleaner
Yes, there used to be a test in MIL-STD-461 (or maybe an ARINC standard) for testing EMC in military electronics. It was called the "buzzing relay test". A relay was rigged as a buzzer one of its lea
I would like to operate some of the digital modes when I operate portable with my Scout. I have a Kantronics "KAM", but no notebook computer. Is there a lower cost, smaller alternative to a notebook
Malcolm, The display on the Corsair uses a "preset" counter. Band information from the band switch is sent through an array of diodes to the counter logic. There might be an open wire or open diode i
Mark, Most of the Paragon troubles are caused by poor solder connections. The cure is to resolder all connections on the PLL board. You may have to do this on both boards. There is a test point at th
Dick, That's odd that they failed. Before you replace them, try reflowing the solder connections. I've had bad crystals recover after having their pins heated. One of the capacitors could be shorted,
Travis: I think that the Paragon II included AM transmit capability (the original Paragon will only receive AM). Also, the P II includes single button band switching with band stacking registers, lik
Guess I'm not alone. I had similar experiences with my G5RV. Mine was rigged as a horizontal inverted "V" because of space imitations. It worked fine on 20 meters, but on 10 meters it was really dead
I had an audio howl in my Paragon, only when using the internal speaker. The fault turned out to be a poor shield connection on one of the shielded cables. I think that it was the cable plugged into
Gordon: There are a number of decent verticals on the market, but they are only as good as the radials or ground plane under them. However, you don't really need 120 radials as some of the purists ma
Oh, well, the Paragon performed well, and I agree that it is a great rig. There were some problems with the VCO boards, but once I reflowed the solder they have been fine. I think its a very reliable
Hi, Allen, Both of the conditions that you describe are normal. I don't know what causes the SSB "sidetone", maybe rectification in the audio stages. The PTO will be stiff because the slug is driven
Yes, I too, am disappointed in the 516 price. Price has limited the production life of some good radios, notably the Argonaut 515 and the Argonaut and Delta II. In my opinion, the competition for the
This may fix your audio problem. It worked for me in increasing the mike level and reducing distortion as well as cleaning up the CTCSS tone. 73, Bob WB2VUF