Don't know what I'd reccomend for a NEW $600, the Scout
comes to mind........
WAlt
On Tue, 16 Mar
1999 ac5aa@juno.com wrote:
> So, what would you recommend in the $600 price range, new, for mobile
> work, Walt? Surely not the IC-706 with an RX as wide as a barn door and
> non-existent QSK and so many buried menus that it's a wonder George Jones
> wasn't trying to switch the NB on on his '706 when he hit the bridge
> abutment! (No, I don't think he's a ham - that's how he made it this
> long . . .)
>
> 73, Duane AC5AA (closet IC706 owner)
>
>
> On Tue, 16 Mar 1999 20:13:00 -0600 (CST) Walter S Delesandri
> <walt@jove.acs.unt.edu> writes:
> >
> >I do not have a scout....I work MANY scouts on CW, and considered
> >buying one....I won't buy one because of the lack of bandswitching...
> >I've owned many solid state rigs...they all do something a little
> >wacky below about 12.5V....either VERY low power out (a benign problem
> >
> >for me, 25W is fine) or they "FM" on SSB, or some such wierdness...
> >
> >As for the CW frequency drift, it's there....like it or not, from
> >a non-scout owner (implies objectivity, but I doubt it --HI)
> >THEY all drift...>VERY< slowly down (on 40) then >VERY< slowly
> >back up....
> >
> >What my post is about, as I don't own a Scout, is that I work
> >HW-16s with weak rocks, Globe scouts, homebrew/kit QRP junk,
> >God-knows-what vintage junk (Amecos, Knights,......) and I
> >don't mind the chirps/drift/hard-soft keying/etc....BUT !!!!
> >Some folks do....I have a transmitter that has a very SLIGHT
> >chirp, on the first 'dit-dah-......nine times out of ten no
> >one mentions it....but about one in ten ops gets obsessed with
> >MY keying/stability, and dwells on it......
> >
> >The Scout sounds fine....it DOES drift, and no amount of dogma
> >is going to change that....it's cute, cheap, small, etc....
> >but don't let anybody tell you that they don't drift...and I'll
> >tell you that occasionally some op is going to get "stuck" on
> >your drift....HI.....
> >
> >I have a love-hate relationship with T-T....the best damn qsk in
> >the world....no commercial station (when they existed!) could
> >touch the qsk unless they had split sites MILES apart....
> >Other ten-tec
> >advantages..............................................................
> .................
> >
> >Did I mention the QSK?................lets see, they're not cheap,
> >they drift, the VFOs are/were the worst I've ever seen (until they
> >bought optical shaft encoders from SOMEONE ELSE) The construction
> >resembles my daughter's science fair projects (she's 8, BTW) the
> >power supplies used to blow up the radios, now they just quit, without
> >
> >damaging the radio, The knobs break, the silkscreening used to
> >rub of immediately, now it just fades gradually,,,,............
> >Did I mention GREAT QSK? Yeah, the receivers are quiet.......
> >so's a hallicrafters S40 on 20/15/10, it's deaf, too....
> >
> >And they're American made....I'll get off here now and go
> >buy another one...........they DO work nicely on CW, might
> >have mentioned that.........
> >Walt
> >
> >On
> >Tue,
> >16 Mar 1999, Lynn D Stolz wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> Folks,
> >>
> >> I'm considering getting a scout. I'm sure a lot has been hashed
> >over
> >> before, but I'd like to hear what folks who have them feel about
> >the
> >> following two issues:
> >>
> >> 1. The 13.8V vs 12.5V debate. It seems that there is some
> >agument
> >> over whether the scout goes wacky or not at the lower voltage. What
> >is
> >> the empirical evidence? Do they ALL have the problem or not? There
> >is a
> >> ham that jumps at every opportunity to bad mouth the scout everytime
> >someone
> >> asks the question. Is this true or is it a vendetta against T-T
> >because
> >> they did not resolve this issue to his satisfaction?
> >>
> >> 2. The CW transmit jump. My understanding is that when using
> >the
> >> built-in keyer the transmit frequency may jump a bit because the
> >> microprocessor is busy with keying instead of frequency sampling.
> >That I
> >> understand well. Question is--does the scout exhibit this IF I USE
> >AN
> >> EXTERNAL KEYER?
> >>
> >> Lynn, N8AJ
> >>
> >> -
> >> Lynn Stolz N8AJ -- lstolz@gcfn.org
> >> -
> >>
> >>
> >>
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