[TenTec] High Tech, Low Power,& DX (My ARGO V)

[Bwana Bob]

Larry:

I bought a TGM mini beam (the 20,15,10,6 meter version). It is an
improved version of the old miniquad made many years ago by Mini
Products in Erie, PA. The quality and materials are excellent. However,
when it came time to put it up, I chickened out about going up on the
roof. The spot that I picked out for it looked easy... from the ground.
When I got up on the ladder, the idea of working with a drill, brackets,
mast, rotor and beam on a sloping roof suddenly became very unappealing.
So, the antenna went back in the box, until I can someday invent a mast
that can be lowered or tilted to allow working on the antenna at ground
level. 

I make do with a 40 meter loop which works quite well from 5 MHz up and
I have a low dipole cut for 80 meters and bent to fit in my back yard.
These antennas serve my needs well, though I don't chase DX. 

I run a Paragon, Corsair, and Scout (my portable and dining room radio).
I'd like to have an Argo V someday. I've heard only good things about
it, Though it faces some tough sales competition from the JA portables
from Icom and Yaesu, i'm still a Ten Tec fan.

			73,

			Bob WB2VUF

Larry Greenberg N5BEA wrote:
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> Well, I would like to hear about how things work in the real world before I plunk down money for a mini beam and rotator.   I find my new ARGO V to be a spectacular little radio. I like the idea that I can control it with a PC....  And to think, I could have bought a 100 watt Japanese Rig for $300 less....  I have it hooked to 70 foot inverted V with a trap on each leg. It's going into a TT tuner.  I have it in a tree about 30 Feet in the air fed by 450 ohm ladder long.   I have made East Coast and West Coast contacts; as well as Canada and The Cook Islands, all with 5x9 signal reports...So, ok.. I am looking a TGM Hybrid QUAD and TV rotator...   Gosh, is it worth $500? .. There are other ways to go.  Other beams  or much cheaper a little vertical or sloper....Whosoever works or has worked low power DX  or or uses small beams.  Please comment....  Perhaps some day there will be an Argo V Sweepstakes!!!Larry GreenbergN5BEA
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