[TenTec] Swap Power-Mite PM? for Argonaut or Omni B

[wb5jnc at juno.com]

Greetings,

I have come to realize that I'm not a collector -- or maybe I should say that I prefer my "collectables" to be something which can be used regularly. Thus, I would like to explore trading my Power-Mite PM-? (not sure which one -- more on this later) for an Argonaut 509 or an Omni "B" series (analog or digital).

The "more on this later": there is what I think is the remnant of a model number stamp on the back panel but it is almost unreadable. Therefore, I will try as best I can to describe what I have. The PM has a cream color front panel with black lettering, almost exactly like the PM-2 in Paul Valko's "museum", except that the dial has 80/40/15 (not 20) meters. The main board has a small area (~ 1.5" X 3") at the left rear (near key/12V/RF connectors) which is etched and drilled but unpopulated. There is a small daughterboard mounted above the right rear of the main board: it is ~ 2" X 4" and has a slug tuned inductor, two transistors (BC407B?) two trimpots, and misc. caps and resistors.

I won't tell you that this PM is "near mint" "9.5 on a scale of 10" -- because it isn't. It has been modified with the typical 1/4" phone jack on the rear panel and the SO-239 instead of phono jack. There are also some "normal wear and tear" scratches and dings on the cabinet, but overall it is pretty clean and doesn't have excessive wear. The RX works (other than the fact that the dial calibration is questionable and being a DC RX with no filters you hear about 1/2 of the band at once HI HI!!!) but I haven't ever fired up the TX so don't know about it.

If this isn't enough info let me know and I'll try to fill in any gaps.

TNX/73, Al




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