[TenTec] Argonaut Users Group

[n4lq]

Here we go again. Having to snoop around on different reflectors for 
information about rigs all made by one manufacture. I simply do not 
understand the mentality of going off in different directions with every 
model rig. N4LQ

-----Original Message-----
From: "Richard Arland" <richard.arland at verizon.net>
To: <moses at frontier.net>
Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 12:00:37 -0500
Subject: [TenTec] Argonaut Users Group

> For what it's worth, Ed Tanton, N4XY, has started an "Argonaut Users
> Group" on QTH.net: subscirbe by going to:
> (http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/argonaut_users_group). 
> 
> This group deals strictly with the ANALOG ARGONAUTS (Models 505, 509 &
> 515) and is open to anyone who is interested in these older classic QRP
> rigs. If Clark would get with Ed maybe we could post the mods and info
> he has on this group. 
> 
> As for "The Argonaut 509 From Hell" I am still fighting the good fight.
> I was all set to button things up on Thursday and, on a whim, did a
> power output check and found I had good output on 80M, intermittant
> output on 40M, and NO OUTPUT on 20 &15M (10 is still dead.....all that
> is left to swap out are the switch wafers and I think I'll save that
> for some time in the Spring when I regain my sanity). After about 2
> hours of prodding and poking, I found the feedthru on the side of the
> PTO case was intermittantly shorting out against the case. It had come
> loose and the rig would work upside down, but not right side up!! Now I
> have full output on 80 & 40M, about 900 mW out on 20 and 1.2 W out on
> 15M. I think I used too much DeOxit on the switch wafers! That is
> directly related to "operator headspace", what can I tell 'ya. 
> 
> At any reat, I hope those of you who have a fondness for the Analog
> Argos will join us on the new Argonaut Users Group. 
> 
> vy 73 es Happy Holidays
> 
> Rich K7SZ
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