- 81. Re: [TenTec] 208-A CW Filter wanted (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Berg <wa9jml@frontier.com>
- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2016 17:50:12 -0600
- From my experience, the 208A audio filter works very well with the 515 Argonaut. I will send you the info that I have on it to your e-mail address as the list will not do attachments. 73, Steve WA9JM
- /archives//html/TenTec/2016-01/msg00007.html (7,945 bytes)
- 82. Re: [TenTec] Pimp My Eagle (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Berg <wa9jml@frontier.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2016 12:38:11 -0600
- I came very close to buying an Eagle. And, the reasons I didn't have largely been covered by Rick. The deciding factor was the lack of keyboard frequency entry. Another is that I have large hands, an
- /archives//html/TenTec/2016-01/msg00133.html (10,488 bytes)
- 83. Re: [TenTec] INFORMATION ABOUT VERTICAL ANTENNAS (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Berg <wa9jml@frontier.com>
- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2016 14:14:33 -0600
- For many years now, I have been using a Hy-Gain DX-88 trap vertical antenna. Before this, I had a Hustler trap vertical, with reasonably well tuned radials, on a 30 foot mast on the roof of my house.
- /archives//html/TenTec/2016-01/msg00222.html (13,537 bytes)
- 84. Re: [TenTec] PTO Rebuild Kit (score: 1)
- Author: "Steve" <wa9jml@frontier.com>
- Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2015 18:29:32 +0000
- I bought a rebuild kit from Ten Tec for my Argonaut 515 several months ago. I don't know if they quit selling them since then. Steve WA9JML Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry --Original Message
- /archives//html/TenTec/2015-12/msg00027.html (8,043 bytes)
- 85. Re: [TenTec] TenTec Digest, Vol 156, Issue 4 (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Berg <wa9jml@frontier.com>
- Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2015 23:20:36 -0600
- Fortunately, there are lots of different aspects to our hobby. Having been involved with it since 1963, I have a fondness towards boat anchor radios. But, I frequently cringe when I read posts to oth
- /archives//html/TenTec/2015-12/msg00099.html (11,065 bytes)
- 86. Re: [TenTec] Flex Radio for Contesting (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Berg <wa9jml@frontier.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2015 13:25:18 -0600
- Wouldn't this lengthy discussion of a competitor's radios be a lot more appropriate on the Flex reflector? Steve WA9JML Carl Moreschi N4PY 58 Hogwood Rd Louisburg, NC 27549 www.n4py.com On 12/8/2015
- /archives//html/TenTec/2015-12/msg00187.html (28,531 bytes)
- 87. Re: [TenTec] Current Service from TenTec (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Berg <wa9jml@frontier.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2015 11:36:18 -0600
- I sent my Argonaut II in about a month ago. I called them and got an RMA number. Paul and I discussed how the repairs would likely cost more than the unit was worth. I have had more fun with that lit
- /archives//html/TenTec/2015-12/msg00213.html (8,992 bytes)
- 88. Re: [TenTec] Delta II intermittent RX (VCO issue?) (score: 1)
- Author: "Steve" <wa9jml@frontier.com>
- Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2015 01:05:10 +0000
- My Argonaut II had VCO problems similar to what you describe. I sent it in to Ten Tec Service and it has worked fine ever since. I don't remember what the did to fix it. Steve WA9JML Sent from my Ver
- /archives//html/TenTec/2015-12/msg00296.html (8,839 bytes)
- 89. Re: [TenTec] Triton IV 544 (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Berg <wa9jml@frontier.com>
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2015 08:41:27 -0600
- About a month ago, I bought a PTO rebuild kit and a dial string kit for my Argonaut 515 from Ten Tec. Just looking far ahead on maintenance for the little radio. 73, Steve WA9JML
- /archives//html/TenTec/2015-11/msg00071.html (7,645 bytes)
- 90. Re: [TenTec] Omni VI noise blanker (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Berg <wa9jml@frontier.com>
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2015 18:37:43 -0600
- I have never used an Omni VI. The noise blanker in my Omni V was pretty useless. The one in my Argonaut II is superb. It takes out auroral noise when I use it on 6 meters, and also does a pretty good
- /archives//html/TenTec/2015-11/msg00205.html (8,046 bytes)
- 91. Re: [TenTec] TT Repair (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Berg <wa9jml@frontier.com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 09:33:34 -0500
- Thank you for clearing the air John! I sent in my Argonaut II to Paul Clinton and his crew a while back. Some of the pots are getting a bit scratchy, and its display backlight oscillator circuit is i
- /archives//html/TenTec/2015-10/msg00083.html (9,630 bytes)
- 92. Re: [TenTec] Eagle (score: 1)
- Author: "Steve" <wa9jml@frontier.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 16:06:18 +0000
- You can have too many radios? I have been cutting back here a bit too. But it isn't easy! Steve WA9JML Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry --Original Message-- From: "Rodney" <w3krq@dejazzd.com>
- /archives//html/TenTec/2015-10/msg00090.html (9,071 bytes)
- 93. Re: [TenTec] Open Wire Line - A CASE FOR OCFD (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Berg <wa9jml@frontier.com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 12:53:28 -0500
- I have been following this discussion with a great deal of interest. I have a small lot near the top of a river valley, and the front yard is heavily wooded. This wasn't much of a problem when I just
- /archives//html/TenTec/2015-10/msg00128.html (11,799 bytes)
- 94. Re: [TenTec] My first Argosy (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Berg <wa9jml@frontier.com>
- Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2015 20:47:24 -0500
- Instead of messing with the filters, go find a Ten Tec RF speech clipper. They no longer sell them, but they are still available used. Properly adjusted, they work very well. I used mine to good effe
- /archives//html/TenTec/2015-08/msg00009.html (10,418 bytes)
- 95. Re: [TenTec] 2m amplifier for Tentec 6N2 (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Berg <wa9jml@frontier.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 20:37:56 -0500
- I had a 6N2 for a while. It worked fine with my more modern 2 meter Mirage amp, because that one has an adjustment for T/R hang time. My ancient Mirage 6 meter amplifier did not have that sort of adj
- /archives//html/TenTec/2015-08/msg00080.html (8,212 bytes)
- 96. Re: [TenTec] Omni 6 Plus: No RX or TX on 10 meters (Intermittent) (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Berg <wa9jml@frontier.com>
- Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2015 09:23:16 -0500
- Back in the late 1970s and early 1980s, I worked on Motorola IMTS synthesized car phone radios. This was before plated through holes in PC boards were reliable. So, the Big M used eyelets, instead. T
- /archives//html/TenTec/2015-07/msg00059.html (12,014 bytes)
- 97. Re: [TenTec] TenTec] low output on SSB with Omni VII (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Berg <wa9jml@frontier.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2015 14:52:30 -0500
- Back in 1979 Motorola was billing $65.00 an hour for my efforts. So, what Ten Tec is charging is not really out of line. A while back I had troubles with my Kenwood TS790A VHF/UHF multimode. It had l
- /archives//html/TenTec/2015-07/msg00104.html (11,179 bytes)
- 98. Re: [TenTec] Argonaut 515 (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Berg <wa9jml@frontier.com>
- Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2015 13:31:26 -0500
- I am looking for a working, and not badly mutilated Argonaut 515. Years ago, I lusted after one of these, but never was able to buy one. Does anyone have one of these, possibly with the CW filter, wh
- /archives//html/TenTec/2015-07/msg00195.html (8,895 bytes)
- 99. Re: [TenTec] Argonaut 515 (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Berg <wa9jml@frontier.com>
- Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2015 22:35:07 -0500
- A list member is selling me a very nice one with some great accessories. I will put it to good use! 73, Steve WA9JML
- /archives//html/TenTec/2015-07/msg00200.html (8,731 bytes)
- 100. Re: [TenTec] TENTEC ORION (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Berg <wa9jml@frontier.com>
- Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2015 18:51:27 -0500
- I thought about getting an Orion, but since they do not cover 6 meters, and as that is my all time favorite band, I bought an Omni VII instead. So far it has done pretty well. I am not a high-end con
- /archives//html/TenTec/2015-06/msg00052.html (9,255 bytes)
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