[TenTec] Argo V Serial Port

[Mike Short]

It appears as though the shell is simply reversed. Just unscrew it, flip it
over, and 
Reassemble, and you should be fine. If you look, you can see a space between
the phenolic and the shell.

Mike
AI4NS 

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Davis, KE9V [mailto:ke9vee at gmail.com] 
Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 10:10 AM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: [TenTec] Argo V Serial Port

I finally got around trying to connect my new Argo V to the computer.

The DB-9 on the back appears to be incorrect -- or non-standard
anyway. I'm familiar with a shell that has five pins on the wide part
of the connector and four pins on the narrow part.

The connector on my Argo V is reversed. There are four holes on the
wide part of the connector and five holes on the narrow part. I have
to believe this is a factory assembly error as no "off the shelf"
cable is going to work with this connector.

A picture's worth a thousand words (high-res):

http://ke9v.net/img/argo-port.jpg

Anyone else seen this? Am I barking up the wrong tree?

Thanks for any info.

73 de Jeff, KE9V