[TenTec] Argo V Reviews

[John Rippey]

In re the QST review of the Argonaut V:

	1. The review in the March CQ is more thorough and gives a considerably 
better sense of what this rig can do.

	2. Mr. Lindquist in QST reports he used the Argonaut during two CW 
contests including the ARRL's International DX CW contest. He writes: "Even 
with a ton of signals in close proximity--many of them quite loud--the 
Argonaut was able to pick out the ones I wanted to hear; more often than 
not, the 20 W made it possible to work them." This coincides exactly with 
my experience in the recent CQ WW DX CW contest.

	3. Mr Lindquist also reports that "We didn't try taking the the Argonaut V 
on the road, however. There just did not seem to be a any particular 
advantage. . . ." It's not clear to me what this means, unless he is trying 
to say the Argonaut V is not a satisfactory portable/mobile rig IHHO.

	4. The ARRL's lab data show relatively mediocre performance parameters. 
Yet my experience with the Argonaut is that it is a highly satisfactory 
rig--regardless of the lab's findings. IMHO pure lab numbers derived from 
one sample of a rig do not tell readers much of value and can in fact be 
misleading. This goes for any testing, not just for the Argonaut.

	5. Anyone interested in my take on the Argonaut V can read my previous 
postings beginning on Feb. 8.

73,
John, W3ULS