Paul
It sounds like the Argonaut V beats the K2 for everyday casual operating.
I have a question for the serious contesters and DXers on this list:
Under what actual conditions will the K2's better front end be noticed?
Here in southern Conn during a big contest I hear a lot of crud (on my
Scout) that makes it impossible to hear weaker stations between strong
ones. Would the K2 be able to hear stations that the V could not or would
the ARgonaut's DSP pick out stations that could not be copied on the K2?
I can understand that the rare DX station on the noisy end of the pile up
needs a receiver with a good front end but does it really make a difference
for those of us who are listening to the DX and calling 5 up? As long as
there are no lids transmitting on the DX station's frequency (as long as
the local QRO stations are calling up or down the band)I would guess that a
receiver with good filters and an adequate front end would hear just as
well as a receiver with a better front end.
Suppose local QRO ops are transmitting 5 up from a weak DX station. How
close to me do the local QRO stations need to be to cause trouble to a rig
with an average front end ? 1 mile away? 10 miles away? 20 miles away?
It all boils down to one question. Under what specific circumstances will a
Omni V1 or K2 hear signals that an Argonaut V/Jup/Peg won't?
> [Original Message]
> From: Paul \(ve1dy\) <ve1dy@yahoo.com>
> To: Ten Tec <tentec@contesting.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Date: 11/6/02 10:56:20 PM
> Subject: [TenTec] Argonaut V - A/B comparison with the K2
>
> Argonaut V - A/B comparison with the K2
>
> My good friend brought his K2 over to my house this evening, and we sat
> both rigs down side by side. Using an A/B switch to a Carolina Windom,
> we played with the rigs for a couple of hours.
>
> Bottom line (as the arrl like to say) the Argonaut V could not hear
> anything the K2 could not hear, and vice versa. Signals that were only
> about 50% copy on the K2, were only 50% copy on the 516.
>
> Comparing the rigs on ssb was like comparing apples to oranges. The
> Argonaut V beat the K2 on sound quality hands down. In all fairness to
> Elecraft, my friends rig is optimized for cw, and using his filters on
> sideband, did limit the sound quality.
>
> On cw, the readability was the same. We went through all the filters
> many times. I found the K2 to have a ringing sound, that the Argonaut
> V did not have, and to me, listening to the Argonaut V was easier and
> more relaxing, than listening to the K2. Again, in all fairness to
> Elecraft, the K2 filtering can be adjusted and tweaked, and made to
> sound just about any way the owner wishes.
>
> There is no question, the Argonaut V has an excellent sounding
> receiver, and the transmitter is pure fun.
>
> My preference is listening to the Argonaut V with 20 db attenuation,
> and the filter set at 200. It sounds so incredably clean!
>
>
> 73... Paul
> Halifax, NS
>
>
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