On 7/4/12 10:49 AM, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP wrote:
> You know Steve, the Triton IV was one fantastic radio.
> It had a really hot receiver. I think that was one of the best kept secrets
> of that era.
> An even bigger, better kept secret is that the Argonaut 515 had the Triton
> IV receiver in it.
> It was really hot for a QRP radio.
The 509 is pretty good too. If you look for mods for it, you can find
both a mod for improving sensitivity (replacing front end dual gate
MOSFET with a 3n211 or the RCA equivalent) and a mod for reducing it
(claimed to be too sensitive on 40m). :-)
You can also replace the 4 crystal filter with an 8 crystal one
scrounged from a dead Trition.
Geoff.
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Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379
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