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Re: [TenTec] Low power output on Argonaut V

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Low power output on Argonaut V
From: "5 Watt John-Dade City, FL" <wa4jm@earthlink.net>
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Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:07:58 -0400
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My Brand New Argo V did the same thing within a month.  TT promptly fixed 
it.  No problems since.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Towers" <mm0rkt@beeb.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 11:26 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Low power output on Argonaut V


> Some time ago the power output on my Argonaut V dropped to nearly zero
> on all bands.
>
> TenTec say the most likely cause is
>
> a) one or more of the switching diodes in the LPF circuits
> or
> b) blown finals
>
> I rarely ran it at more than 10W and was always pretty careful about
> running it into high SWRs.
>
> The rig is well out of warranty and getting it to TenTec across The Pond
> and back is pretty expensive, so I'm wondering whether to find and fix
> the problem myself.
>
> I've recently built a K2, so I'm not too scared of complex PCBs.
>
> Has anyone fixed a similar problem themselves? If so, any help would be
> much appreciated.
>
> 73
>
> Bob Towers
> MM0RKT
>
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