[TenTec] Old ten tec radios ver New ten tec radios

[Steve N4LQ]

Mike:
You'll never prove anything until you find a 50 uv source of RF, feed it 
into the antenna input of each rig and observe the S meter. You can ten 
calibrate them for S9. You will find the meter reads differently when 
changing filters.

Steve N4LQ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "mike bryce" <prosolar at sssnet.com>
To: <TenTec at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 10:50 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Old ten tec radios ver New ten tec radios


> boys and girls..
>
> since I have a winter vacation, it's time to play in the shack..
>
> I've noticed something that's bugging the poggies out of me. Here goes:
>
> same antenna-- old radios
>
> triton 4 noise level is s-2 s-3
> scount  noise level s- s-3
>
> argosy noise level s2-s3
>
> Argonaut 509 noise level s-2 s-3
>
>
>
> SAME ANTENNA--new radios
>
> Argonaut V s-8 s9
>
> Jupiter S7-S9
>
> Delta II S7-S9
>
>
> Ah, but you're thinking there is a problem with the triton 4. NO. I have
> four of them and they all produce the same noise reading. I have four
> scouts, they produce the same noise reading. Four Argosy radios have the
> same reading. All of the scouts show the same thing too.
>
>
> all radios, both old and new can easily hear a 1uV signal.
>
> The jupiter on 15 meter and higher does not show the higher noise level.
> Well, hell it's kinda of deaf up on ten meters anyway..
>
>
> The argonaut V seems to be more prone to the qrn than any of the ten tec
> radios I have. In fact, I"ve had to change to a triton 4 to hear a signal
> down in the noise that the argonaut V was unable to hear because of the s8
> noise level.
>
> Oh yea, it's noise from the antenna and band conditions. into a dummy load
> or no antenna, there's no s meter reading.
>
> So, quotes and comments are welcome
>
> Mike Bryce WB8VGE
> SunLight Energy Systems
>
> http://www.seslogic.com
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>
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>
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