[TenTec] Argonaut V gain help

[Mike Bryce]

As much as I like my Argonaut V, it's not the radio to have on in the  
shack 'just to listen' to the bands. It's noisy!

I find if I turn the attn on, then everything is down. I would have  
really liked to see a RF gain, or a way to turn the preamp off without  
turning the attn on.





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On Jan 4, 2010, at 10:07 PM, Bill Harris wrote:

Gil:
I find that running with the atten. on, turns off the pre amp, which  
works
fine for everything below 17 or 20 meters.
And YES, this rig has a LOT of gain and I find it's not normally  
necessary
for the lower bands.  However, there are times when use of the pre amp  
will
help out on a weak signal, depending on your noise environment.
The receiver takes some getting use too.  The high back ground noise  
will
drive you nuts and the only way I know of reducing it is to turn off the
pre-amp.