[TenTec] Argonaut V mic

[Thomas Thornton]

Thanks, Rob.  I have another 700 mic which seems to
act significantly different -- so your test suggestion
is now doubly apt as I can bounce one against the
other.  

The confusion on my part has been that the ALC on the
Scout required about a 75% setting to light the ALC
light and the meter's needle seemed to follow it

The Argo V ALC light flickers at even the lowest
setting -- and the meter does not seem to reflect much
outgoing intelligence power.

Again, thanks for your comments.

Tom  ah6zz

--- "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj at hotmail.com> wrote:
> If you have a spare rx, run the Argonaut into a
> dummy load with the mic on 
> it and headphones on the rx.  Pick a clear frequency
> on a dead band (75 m. 
> at 1 PM let's say) and yack to yourself while
> listening through the cans on 
> the receiver.  experiment with different mic gain
> settings, different power 
> settings (important to listen with it running at max
> watts at some point), 
> try talking at different voice levels and into the
> mic at various angles, 
> mess around with all this and the speech processor
> if there is one,  and 
> note how you sound and what your meter(s) and alc
> light are telling you 
> through it all.  This will get you in the ballpark
> for when you put the rig 
> on an antenna, and give meaning to the nonaudio
> feedback you get from your 
> meters and alc light for when you aren't listening
> to your sig.  Then, when 
> other guys tell you how you sound on the air, you
> will be able to look at 
> your indicators and have a better idea of what they
> mean.  It's desirable to 
> avoid a hot active band because dummy loads have
> been known to transmit 
> (don't use a lightbulb) a little bit, especially if
> ur not well grounded.  
> This becomes increasingly important as you up the
> power into the dummy load 
> (several hundred watts on up, so not as big a deal
> with the argo).  If you 
> borrow a receiver listen with it for a while to
> different stations to see 
> how its audio quality is before you try it on your
> signal.  hpe this helps.
> 
> 73,
> Rob Atkinson
> K5UJ
> k5uj at hotmail.com
> 
> hey Bill, I keep hoping TT will post a pic of the
> UPS truck leaving the 
> factory so all you guys with orders can look at them
> going out the door.  
> Alpha did that with the 99--they got the whole staff
> at the dock waving bye 
> at the first 99 which was sitting on the truck with
> the tailgate down.  Hope 
> they pop some Champaigne or something in S'ville
> when the big day arrives.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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