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
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
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
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
I have had intermittent low sensitivity with my Paragon I on several bands. It seems to be the relays. I can clear the problem by switching to a dummy load and transmitting a few strings of dits. Put
Well, if you have a good ear you can sometimes hear it hunt up and down a little during receiver, but thus is only about 10 Hz, I think. I have noticed a warm-up problem from a cold start in a chilly
There was fix for mechanical stability posted a while back. The fix is to shorten the leads from the PTO coil to the circuit board so that they are short and stiff. Also treat the wire spring that ri
I think that it was economics. The PTO's used in the Tritons, Omnis and Corsairs were all individually temperature compensated. I suspect that the Scout PTO's were not. 73, Bob WB2VUF
I would be surprised if they did, although a Scout on 60 meters could be a lot of fun. It should be possible to modify a 40 meter module by changing the crystal and the low pass filter components. 73
I, too am eagerly awaiting the new 516 QRP rig. It should be a worthy replacement for the Scout: About the same size, but with a general coverage receiver. Alas, I already have too many radios! What