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Re: [TenTec] Argo VI

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Argo VI
From: Carl Moreschi <n4py3@earthlink.net>
Reply-to: n4py3@earthlink.net, Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 12:54:12 -0400
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I just tried mine here. The power setting goes from 0 to 10 in 1 watts steps. I don't know how accurate my meter is at very low power but at the 1 watt setting it reads 0.2. At the 10 watt setting it reads 9.8. At the 5 watt setting it reads 3.8.

But the power changing is digital and moves in steps. It may really be 1 watt at the 1 watt setting and my meter may just not read correctly at that level.

Carl Moreschi N4PY
58 Hogwood Rd
Louisburg, NC 27549
www.n4py.com

On 10/13/2014 6:01 AM, jliving39@comcast.net wrote:
Guys,
      Can someone tell me how little output one can squeeze out of the Argo VI. 
 I ran my Argo V this weekend in the QRP contest at its low end of 1.5 watts 
and worked all over US on 20 meters with a dipole.  Would like to run lower 
power than 1.5 Watts and wonder if anyone has experimented with the Argo VI as 
far as the low end goes. I know it is advertised at 1-10 Watts. The Argo V is a 
great little rig and would have been really great with an RF gain control.  
However, you can hit the attenuator and back off the gain some which helps.  I 
do know the Argo VI has an RF gain control which makes it very attractive.  
Also, can someone who has used both radios compare them.  Thanks, Jim, K4CFA  
PS: Have used the Argo V extensively mobile on 20 meters cw running full power 
of 20 watts with great results.  The RF gain control on the Argo VI is very 
seductive.
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