[TenTec] band conditions??

[Rick Denney]

Mike Bryce writes...

> Gang....

> I fired up my Argonaut 5 last night and it's quite un-usable.

> On all bands, from 80 through 10 i get noise so badly, the s-meter is
> pegged at S9+40 over.

> It's not the rig, all my radios hear the same noise.

> Is this noise all over the place or just my location?

> I am going to throw a rig in the car and see what I can hear a ten  
> miles or so down the road

Dunno. Last night, I participated in a club net on 75 meters and noise
was low enough so that S-5 signals were solid copy. We moved to 10
meters, which was quiet as a church mouse, but 15 minutes before had
been active with an opening. S-0 signals were clear copy, it was so
quiet.

Rick, KR9D