[TenTec] low RF output on 80 meters with Argosy and Century 22

[w8au@sssnet.com]

At 10:53 AM 12/4/05, you wrote:
>well the subject line says it all.
>
>I have a Argosy II and it works just fine on all bands but 80 meters, 
>there's output but no where near what it should be. On 40 meters I get 
>about 40+ watts, on 80 meters about 8 watts.
>
>I dug out my Century 22 and notice is has the same problem.

Now this is odd.  One rig, yes, but two?

First thing to check is the 80M low pass output filter.  One of my C21's 
had similar problem and found a bad cap in the LP filter.

PB