[TenTec] Lineage of Transceivers ?

[Carl Moreschi]

Yes, and remember how great the powermite performed.  You could hear all
of 40 meters simultaneously!!

When I was a kid, I had a crystal set.  It had no converisons at all.  I
could receive two stations
with it.

Carl Moreschi  N4PY
Franklinton, North Carolina
n4py@earthlink.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Ellington" <n4lq@iglou.com>
To: "Carl Moreschi" <n4py@earthlink.net>
Cc: "tentec" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 7:17 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Lineage of Transceivers ?


>
> This makes one appreciate the Power Mite series which just converted RF to
> AF with no IF.
> Steve
> >
> > The Delta 1 is a double conversion receiver.  The first IF is 11 to 11.5
mHz
> > and the second IF is 6.3 mHz.
> > It stands by itself in this scheme.   The Tritons, Argonaut I, OMNI A+D,
C,
> > Corsair I and II, are essentially single coversion
> > receivers using a 9 mHz IF.  The Corsair's had an extra conversion from
9
> > mHz to 6.3 mHz and back
> > to 9 mHz for passband tuning.  The OMNI V and VI also use the same
scheme as
> > the Corsair's.
> >
> > I do not know the scheme in the Delta II and Argonaut II.
> >
> > The Paragon I and II , up converted to 72 mHz and then to 9 mHz, also
with
> > the passband tuning
> > scheme going form 9 to 6.3 to 9.
> >
> > The Pegasus,  Jupiter, and RX-320 up convert to 45 mHz, then 455 kHz,
then
> > 12 kHz for DSP.
> >
> > Carl Moreschi  N4PY
> > Franklinton, North Carolina
> > n4py@earthlink.net
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bwana Bob" <wb2vuf@qsl.net>
> > To: "Steve Ellington" <n4lq@iglou.com>
> > Cc: "Paul R. Valko" <prvalko@oakland.edu>; "Kevin L Anderson"
> > <k9iua@juno.com>; <tentec@contesting.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 3:21 AM
> > Subject: Re: [TenTec] Lineage of Transceivers ?
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Rather than a souped-up Argosy, I think that the Delta I was closer to
> > > a stripped-down Corsair I. I beleive that the Delta and the Corsair
> > > used the same i.f. frequencies and conversion scheme.
> > >
> > > Bob WB2VUF
> > >
> > > Steve Ellington wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Where are we going to fit the Delta 580 and Delta II, two unrelated
> > rigs?
> > > > The Delta 580 was sort of a souped up Argosy while the Delta II was
a
> > > > pre-Paragon and almost ahead of it's time.
> > > > Steve Ellington
> > > > N4LQ
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Paul R. Valko <prvalko@oakland.edu>
> > > > To: Kevin L Anderson <k9iua@juno.com>
> > > > Cc: tentec@contesting.com <tentec@contesting.com>
> > > > Date: Sunday, January 07, 2001 8:18 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: [TenTec] Lineage of Transceivers ?
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >On Sun, 7 Jan 2001, Kevin L Anderson wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >> Has there been published anywhere a chart
> > > > >> that indicates the lineage of the transceivers,
> > > > >> in both their years of production and what
> > > > >> evolved from what?
> > > > >
> > > > >Here's a start.  Let me know when you get the rest completed and
we'll
> > > > >make it official!
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >QRP Rigs
> > > > >Power Mite 1, 2, 3 ==> Argonaut 505/509/515 ==> Argonaut II  ==>
Argo
> > > > >
> > > > >Mid-power
> > > > >Century 21 ==> Century 22 ==> Argosy ==> Argosy II ==> Scout
> > > > >
> > > > >Full-sixe/performance
> > > > >Triton I => Triton II => Triton IV => Omni A/B/C => Corsair =>
> > (continued)
> > > > >Corsair II => Omni V => Omni VI => Omni VI+
> > > > >
> > > > >Empty-state station
> > > > >TX-100, RX-10, VFO 200
> > > > >
> > > > >Wacky PLL attempt
> > > > >Paragon
> > > > >
> > > > >Radio/PC hybrid
> > > > >Pegasus ==> Jupiter
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >73! =paul= W8KC
> > > > >Collector of Ten*Tecs and other fine plastics.
> > > > >  Visit the Virtual Ten*Tec Museum at:
> > > > >  <http://www.acs.oakland.edu/~prvalko>
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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