Ten Tec QRP DX Ops: WB2VUO/VQ9 in 1974

[William K Hibbert]

Back in my Navy days, I had the privilege (???) of being shipped to the
Armpit of the Indian Ocean, NAVCOMMSTA Diego Garcia, which was a GREAT
DX location, but had nothing else to its advantage.

I took a Ten Tec Argonaut (505) with me, and had a blast, even with the
QRP.  I also got hooked on QRP operation with this years operation over
there.

I am wondering who else has gone QRP DX'ing from the other side,
especially with the Argo 556 out now (my next rig, after the
38-special).  I had outstanding results with the basic '505 and the
filtering in the Argo 556 looks like several orders of magnitude of
improvement over the 4-pole (or was it a 6-pole) IF filter int eh 505.

I presently am running an Alinco DX-70T (QRP, of course) which I bought
mainly for 6 Meters.

Speaking of 6 Meters, has anyone modified the 10 Meter module for the
Scout/Argo for 6 Meters directly instead of the 1208 Xvtr route???


72/73, Keith, WB2VUO, QRP-L #582, scQRP 40, Tech Specialist (ARRL/WNY), 
ARRL Life Member, VP/BARK, Beacon Chaircritter, Rochester VHF Group
Trustee, KB2YTW/B 10 Mtr QRPp Beacon (250 mW @ 28.2870 MHz)
"In the Depths of the Great Bergen (NY) Swamp...FN13ac"
Packet - wb2vuo@w2im.#wny.ny.usa.noam
Email  - wb2vuo@juno.com

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