No, no SSB contacts on this rig either. I don't even have a mic wired up
for this radio.
Instead, I meant that I went to make my first CW contact ever in my life.
It was at least nice to have the sidetone as a code practice oscillator.
I will definitely Deoxit the switches again. Thanks for the suggestion.
-Neil
On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 8:48 AM, Steve Mercure <w5en@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Neil, when you say that you, "went to try your first CW contact.."
> does that mean you have made SSB contacts with the Argonaut? In other
> words is the power output the same rather low number in both CW and SSB
> modes? If SSB power is good, but low on CW I'd suggest exercising then
> cleaning the mode switch. I can not tell you how many radios I've
> "repaired" just by working the mode and band switches, then some Deoxit
> carefully applied.
>
> The Argonaut is a fun radio, wish I had one again! Wait there is a
> hamfest near me soon.......
>
> 73 de W5EN Steve
>
> > Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 08:25:19 -0600
> > From: nmb@wartburg.edu
> > To: tentec@contesting.com
> > Subject: [TenTec] Troubleshooting Argonaut 505 with low output
> >
> > I went to try my first CW contact last night on the Argonaut 505 that I
> > bought recently and when I measured the power output, I was surprised at
> > just how low it was. I measured 2.5 V across the diode detector built
> into
> > my dummy load for a power output of between 60 and 130 mW depending on
> what
> > I use for the forward voltage drop of the diode. This seems even lower
> > than it ought to be on this radio and I'd like to troubleshoot and
> > hopefully repair it.
>
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