[TenTec] Argonaut V Audio

[RaySoifer@cs.com]

While the Argo V, with its 350 Hz bass roll-off, does sound "thin," remember 
that bass frequencies do not contribute to intelligibility.  The Argo's 
primary application is as a stand-alone QRP radio, and as such improving the bass 
response would reduce the Argo's ability to get through DX pile-ups or to be 
heard in weak-signal situations.  The Argo only has so many watts available, and 
putting watts into bass inevitably takes them away from the higher frequencies 
which do contribute to intelligibility.  I obviously wasn't there, but it 
would seem logical to me that the choice of the Argo's audio response was 
deliberate.

I would hope, then, that if TT decides to put out a software mod to improve 
the bass response, that they not bundle other changes with it.  That way, 
implementing the mod would be completely optional with the user.  Those who want 
more natural-sounding audio could go ahead and put the mod in, while those who 
are primarily QRP weak-signal ops and DXers could leave it out.

As for me, I'll just keep on with CW and RTTY.

73,

Ray W2RS