Ray, If you had to use the new Argo V with its present audio setup and roll
off, you would want it changed also. Now, the Corsair 2, the Omni series
all have communications audio and I would settle for this, but the Argo is
really, really, thin and gets bad audio reports. I mostly rag chew and
dxing is not important to me. If I did do dxing with the Argo I still would
want it to sound better.
It should at least sound as good as the Ic 703 or the K2 which at present
it doesn't.
Toby W4CAK
----- Original Message -----
From: <RaySoifer@cs.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Cc: <ditsnbits@tentec.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 3:54 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Argonaut V Audio
> While the Argo V, with its 350 Hz bass roll-off, does sound "thin,"
remember
> that bass frequencies do not contribute to intelligibility. The Argo's
> primary application is as a stand-alone QRP radio, and as such improving
the bass
> response would reduce the Argo's ability to get through DX pile-ups or to
be
> heard in weak-signal situations. The Argo only has so many watts
available, and
> putting watts into bass inevitably takes them away from the higher
frequencies
> which do contribute to intelligibility. I obviously wasn't there, but it
> would seem logical to me that the choice of the Argo's audio response was
> deliberate.
>
> I would hope, then, that if TT decides to put out a software mod to
improve
> the bass response, that they not bundle other changes with it. That way,
> implementing the mod would be completely optional with the user. Those
who want
> more natural-sounding audio could go ahead and put the mod in, while those
who
> are primarily QRP weak-signal ops and DXers could leave it out.
>
> As for me, I'll just keep on with CW and RTTY.
>
> 73,
>
> Ray W2RS
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