Mike,
I have had several recommendations to do just that. I am intrigued.
I have a few questions now for the Argosy II.
Any clue how low the supply voltage can get before the radio chokes?
What are the RX and TX current requirements of the Argosy II?
What is a typical range of prices for a Argosy II in excellent condition?
Oh no! I may be getting the TT bug. {:-)
73, Tracy
W7TRX
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael O. Hyder <N4NT@chartertn.net>
To: W7TRX <w7trx@mindspring.com>; <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2000 4:31 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] TT Scout on batteries?
>
> 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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