[TenTec] Using Scout w/external keyer

[Bill Rowlett]

You all must remember that the Scout and the qrp Argo do not have the 
conventional TT PTO.

I am not sure that refering to it as a PTO is correct either. Works for 
general discussions though.

73,  Bill  kc4atu

Love my Argo 556


>From: "J. W. (Dub) Thornton" <dub at oklahoma.net>
>Reply-To: tentec at contesting.com
>To: wb2vuf at qsl.net, tentec at contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [TenTec] Using Scout w/external keyer
>Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 10:56:57 -0500
>
>At 10:05 PM 8/26/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>>Actually, it has been my experience that the problem is worse with
>>external keying, at least when I use a straight key, I experienced very
>>severe warmup drift. Putting in the mod described in QST a couple of
>>years ago will fix the problem. I can send you the mod if you don't have
>>it. It was discussed on this reflector.
>
>Bob:  I have been contemplating a Scout for my mobile rig for some
>time now, but have not yet made the move.  One of the delaying
>factors has been the notorious freq hop/skip/jump that so many of
>the scouts show.   It sounds just like the PTO hop of all the older
>Ten Tec rigs that are in need of a bit of TLC on the PTO.  Even so, I
>am a big fan of Ten Tec, with 7 of their old rigs on hand.
>
>I would like to see the mod, if it is not too much trouble for you to send
>it.
>
>"73"  Dub
>
>
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