[TenTec] SCOUT Questions
Dale L. Martin
kg5u@hal-pc.org
Tue, 16 Mar 1999 23:29:12 -0600
I posted this earlier this week or last weekend....maybe it's
sitll available. I'm running my Delta II in the car and it works
well.
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Found on the rec.radio.swap list.....
-----Original Message-----
From: James E. Davis Jr. <n6pjq@email.msn.com>
Newsgroups: rec.radio.swap
Date: Monday, March 15, 1999 23:19 PM
Subject: FS: Tentec 536 delta II $650
>
>I plan a long distance move very soon
>thanks for reading
>Jim Davis N6PJQ@msn.com
>Phone 901 664 1767
>
>
73,
dale, kg5u
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-----Original Message-----
From: Walter S Delesandri <walt@jove.acs.unt.edu>
To: ac5aa@juno.com <ac5aa@juno.com>
Cc: tentec@contesting.com <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Tuesday, March 16, 1999 21:44 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] SCOUT Questions
>
>Don't know what I'd reccomend for a NEW $600, the Scout
>comes to mind........
>WAlt
>
>On Tue, 16 Mar
>1999 ac5aa@juno.com wrote:
>
>> So, what would you recommend in the $600 price range, new, for
mobile
>> work, Walt? Surely not the IC-706 with an RX as wide as a
barn door and
>> non-existent QSK and so many buried menus that it's a wonder
George Jones
>> wasn't trying to switch the NB on on his '706 when he hit the
bridge
>> abutment! (No, I don't think he's a ham - that's how he made
it this
>> long . . .)
>>
>> 73, Duane AC5AA (closet IC706 owner)
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 16 Mar 1999 20:13:00 -0600 (CST) Walter S Delesandri
>> <walt@jove.acs.unt.edu> writes:
>> >
>> >I do not have a scout....I work MANY scouts on CW, and
considered
>> >buying one....I won't buy one because of the lack of
bandswitching...
>> >I've owned many solid state rigs...they all do something a
little
>> >wacky below about 12.5V....either VERY low power out (a
benign problem
>> >
>> >for me, 25W is fine) or they "FM" on SSB, or some such
wierdness...
>> >
>> >As for the CW frequency drift, it's there....like it or not,
from
>> >a non-scout owner (implies objectivity, but I doubt it --HI)
>> >THEY all drift...>VERY< slowly down (on 40) then >VERY<
slowly
>> >back up....
>> >
>> >What my post is about, as I don't own a Scout, is that I work
>> >HW-16s with weak rocks, Globe scouts, homebrew/kit QRP junk,
>> >God-knows-what vintage junk (Amecos, Knights,......) and I
>> >don't mind the chirps/drift/hard-soft keying/etc....BUT !!!!
>> >Some folks do....I have a transmitter that has a very SLIGHT
>> >chirp, on the first 'dit-dah-......nine times out of ten no
>> >one mentions it....but about one in ten ops gets obsessed
with
>> >MY keying/stability, and dwells on it......
>> >
>> >The Scout sounds fine....it DOES drift, and no amount of
dogma
>> >is going to change that....it's cute, cheap, small, etc....
>> >but don't let anybody tell you that they don't drift...and
I'll
>> >tell you that occasionally some op is going to get "stuck" on
>> >your drift....HI.....
>> >
>> >I have a love-hate relationship with T-T....the best damn qsk
in
>> >the world....no commercial station (when they existed!) could
>> >touch the qsk unless they had split sites MILES apart....
>> >Other ten-tec
>>
>advantages......................................................
........
>> .................
>> >
>> >Did I mention the QSK?................lets see, they're not
cheap,
>> >they drift, the VFOs are/were the worst I've ever seen (until
they
>> >bought optical shaft encoders from SOMEONE ELSE) The
construction
>> >resembles my daughter's science fair projects (she's 8, BTW)
the
>> >power supplies used to blow up the radios, now they just
quit, without
>> >
>> >damaging the radio, The knobs break, the silkscreening used
to
>> >rub of immediately, now it just fades
gradually,,,,............
>> >Did I mention GREAT QSK? Yeah, the receivers are
quiet.......
>> >so's a hallicrafters S40 on 20/15/10, it's deaf, too....
>> >
>> >And they're American made....I'll get off here now and go
>> >buy another one...........they DO work nicely on CW, might
>> >have mentioned that.........
>> >Walt
>> >
>> >On
>> >Tue,
>> >16 Mar 1999, Lynn D Stolz wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Folks,
>> >>
>> >> I'm considering getting a scout. I'm sure a lot has been
hashed
>> >over
>> >> before, but I'd like to hear what folks who have them feel
about
>> >the
>> >> following two issues:
>> >>
>> >> 1. The 13.8V vs 12.5V debate. It seems that there is some
>> >agument
>> >> over whether the scout goes wacky or not at the lower
voltage. What
>> >is
>> >> the empirical evidence? Do they ALL have the problem or
not? There
>> >is a
>> >> ham that jumps at every opportunity to bad mouth the scout
everytime
>> >someone
>> >> asks the question. Is this true or is it a vendetta
against T-T
>> >because
>> >> they did not resolve this issue to his satisfaction?
>> >>
>> >> 2. The CW transmit jump. My understanding is that when
using
>> >the
>> >> built-in keyer the transmit frequency may jump a bit
because the
>> >> microprocessor is busy with keying instead of frequency
sampling.
>> >That I
>> >> understand well. Question is--does the scout exhibit this
IF I USE
>> >AN
>> >> EXTERNAL KEYER?
>> >>
>> >> Lynn, N8AJ
>> >>
>> >> -
>> >> Lynn Stolz N8AJ -- lstolz@gcfn.org
>> >> -
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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>> Duane A. Calvin, AC5AA
>> Austin, Texas
>> ac5aa@juno.com -or- ac5aa@earthlink.net
>> Day: dacalvin@us.ibm.com
>>
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