[TenTec] QST Delta II/Argonaut II reviews (was: FT-9000)

[Robert & Linda McGraw K4TAX]

As I said in an earlier response, I believe 85% of all of these and other 
issues are "user related", otherwise one not reading the manual or not 
understanding just how to configure and operate the radio as designed and 
intended.

73
Bob, K4TAX


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Caitlyn M Martin" <mizuhoradio at yahoo.com>
To: <wb2vuf at qsl.net>; "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" 
<tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 11:20 AM
Subject: [TenTec] QST Delta II/Argonaut II reviews (was: FT-9000)


> Hi, Bob, and everyone else,
>
>>
>> The Ten Tec Delta II and Argonaut II were not
>> panned, but they did not get stellar reviews.
>>
> I personally thought they were harshly panned.   I
> talked to Scott from Ten Tec at Dayton and he blamed
> the poor sales and ultimate demise of that radio on
> the review.
>
> What galled me most was what the reviewer was most
> upset about.  He noted (correctly) that between the
> PBT and the Jones filter you could completely shutdown
> the receiver.  That irked him to no end.  Yet you
> could do the same with the dual PBT on an IC-781 and
> that did get a stellar review.  Basically the reviewer
> didn't understand the functionality of the radio and
> panned it as a result.
>
> At the time it was new I loved the Delta II/Argonaut
> II for just what the reviewer hated: the ability to
> tightly control and adjust the receiver passband with
> the PBT and Jones filter.  I could pull out weak SSB
> stations from under the shadow of broadcasters on 40m
> and leave pretty much just the signal I wanted.  Even
> a  Kenwood TS-850 (also new at the time) couldn't do
> that.  I was impressed.
>
> Of course today I use the IF DSP bandpass filter in my
> Argonaut V combined with the PBT and get similar
> results with a better, quieter receiver.  Time and
> technology march on.
>
> 73,
> Caity
> K7VO/8
>
> Caitlyn M. Martin - K7VO
> http://www.mizuhoradio.com/personal/k7vo
> Blog: http://k7vo.blogspot.com
> ARRL QRP-ARCI #11018 ARS #445 G-QRP #11577 AK QRP #637
>
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