[TenTec] Info on the Argonaut 515?

[James E McClellan]

Hi Tony and 515 gang,

I'm not sure Tony. You may be right. I'll have to do some checking on it.
--- I was confident that it was the Argonaut, but now --- I'll check
around. Maybe someone else can remember the story.

Jim --- N8LUV


On Tue, 25 May 2004 10:50:05 +0000 w4foa at comcast.net writes:
> Jim,
> I'm probably wrong but I believe it was the Triton series, wasn't 
> it?
> 73
> Tony, W4FOA
> 
> 
> > Hi 515 fellas,
> > 
> > Hey, what happened to the story that there was a lawsuit over the 
> name
> > "Argonaut"? As I recall, someone (GE, RCA, etc.) sued TenTec over 
> the
> > rights of the name of Argonaut and won the lawsuit. That is about 
> the
> > time the 515 stopped production. --- Anyone else remember this?
> > 
> > Jim --- N8LUV
> > 
> > 
> > On Mon, 24 May 2004 13:58:50 -0500 "Stuart Rohre"
> > <rohre at arlut.utexas.edu> writes:
> > > I think at the time of the 515 introduction; there was not as 
> much 
> > > interest
> > > in QRP.   The price might have impeded some wider acceptance of 
> the 
> > > radio.
> > > Most of the QRP rigs of that time were low power, single band, 
> and 
> > > scratch
> > > built.  The 515 is a fine radio; but was low power and not of 
> > > interest to
> > > the general ham community.  It was ahead of its time, and might 
> be 
> > > compared
> > > to the quality of the Elecraft K2 of today.
> > > 73,
> > > Stuart
> > > K5KVH
> > > 
> > > 
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