[TenTec] Argo V and amp

[Rob Atkinson, K5UJ]

Actually 200 w. out for 20 w. in is pretty much the gain you would get with 
any grounded grid triode amp such as the Centurion, around 10 dB I think.   
It's not that shabby, and as I'm sure we all know, the grounded grid triode 
design is well known for its clean output compared to those ceramic tube 
high gain tetrode amps.  The command hf2500 with two 3cx800s has the 
cleanest christmas tree I've ever seen from a ham amp.

<<On this subject, has anyone used a Heil dual switch to do this?
Thanks,>>

I sure like Bob Heil's products but I have to confess that I tried his dual 
switch footswitch and didn't like it.   To me it was pretty klunky, and the 
effort of mashing down hard enough to insure both switches got thrown was a 
pain in the qso.   There were times one switch would key (the amp switch 
which is the first one to close and last one to open) but the exciter would 
not and my pithy brilliant roundtable interjection would go nowhere, which 
come to think of it, may have been a good thing.  Bob's switch probably kept 
me out of trouble.

rob / k5uj

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