[TenTec] Re: Scout instability, revisionism, please stop

[Steve Ellington]

Larry. Are you saying that Jack W4SON's Scout didn't jump or he at one time
had a prototype that didn't jump? I remember his Scout as a real jumper. It
finally went up in flames along with his amplifier and screwdriver antenna
when his catalytic converter burnt his VW Jetta to a crisp. He now runs an
IC-706. I think most die hard cw Scout users have since switched  to other
rigs out of despiratation.

Steve Ellington
N4LQ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Kayser" <kayser at sympatico.ca>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 9:04 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Re: Scout instability, revisionism, please stop


> Gentlemen:
>
> Let us please remember that the Scout that Jack, W4SON/2/M was using in
the
> Scout prototype days (and the one that Jack Burchill was using mobile at
> the same time) for the Scout had NO frequency jumping problems and the
> manual of the early Scouts said nothing about frequency jumping at all.
>
> This revisionism has to stop, the simple fact is that in hind sight a
lousy
> design decision was taken.  The explanations later have nothing to do with
> the decision process in Ten Tec that made the Scout the way it is.
>
> Larry
> VA3LK
>
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