[TenTec] Re: 580 Delta-was Receiver Lineage

[Michael O. Hyder]

Well, I was apparently mistaken about the 580 Delta's IF scheme.  I had
thought it the same as the Corsairs -- knew it took different filters from
the older Omni's, but was designed to work the WARC bands without the 18 MHz
spur.

I may be mistaken about this, too, but thought the rebuild kits for the
PTO's of the 580 Delta and the Corsairs were the same.  Thought the Tritons,
older Omni's and Argosies were alike.

The 580 Delta has an annoying characteristic in that its frequency counter
does not count the band crystal frequency but instead just pre-scales for
what it ought to be.  This causes the readout to be inaccurate and the
inaccuracy varies from band to band.  There are no trimmers or padders on
the band crystals to set them.

Otherwise, I like the 580 Delta.  But having sold mine long ago, I would not
buy another one just because of the inaccurate readout.

73 de Mike N4NT@chartertn.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Al Scanandoah" <wa2vez@rochester.rr.com>
Cc: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 7:38 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Re: 580 Delta-was Receiver Lineage


|
|
| WA4VEC@aol.com wrote:
|
| >
| > Left out of the discussion so far is the 580 Delta which is single
| > conversion, but with a 6.3 Mhz IF.  I assume that 6.3 was chosen to
eliminate
| > the 18 Mhz spur problem inherent in the old Omni due to the mixing
scheme.
| > The Delta PTO is slightly different in frequency coverage and I believe
it
| > tunes backwards compared to the rest of the PTOs.
|
| I've never heard much about the Delta, neither good nor bad.  I almost
| bought one new when they came out, but I opted to wait for the Corsair
| I.
|
| I'd like to hear from any one who either owns or has owned a 580; I've
| been thinking about adding one to my wall-o-Ten Tecs if I ever get the
| opportunity.
|
| Thanks - Al, WA2VEZ

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