You can probably get a Ten-Tec Argosy for about the same as the Scout. It
will do fine at 12 VDC.
Regards, Mike N4NT@chartertn.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "W7TRX" <w7trx@mindspring.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2000 12:14 AM
Subject: [TenTec] TT Scout on batteries?
|
| Greetings,
|
| I am planning a portable radio setup for some outdoor fun. I have a 5w
solar
| panel and 14ah gel cell for power. I plan to use SSB only. The TT Scout at
| first glance looks like a good radio for this use. The RX current
| requirements are OK with some mods to lower this a bit.
|
| I did a Deja search and saw a number of posts regarding running the Scout
on
| battery power. The word is, it needs a minimum of 12.8 volts for the
voltage
| regulator to operate properly. 12 VDC and you will have problems. This
would
| seem to make battery use unpractical. I am not entirely clear was the
| resulting symptoms are, but it was mentioned enough to cause concern. This
| seems to be unrelated to the known frequency drift/correction problem that
| occurs during long strings of CW.
|
| I was hoping someone in this group could shed some additional light on
this
| for me.
|
| Thanks for the help,
|
| 73, Tracy
| W7TRX
|
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