[TenTec] New Life for Argosy--PTO / DDS Swap

[Ron Notarius W3WN]

The subject of the DDS replacement for a PTO or VFO came up over the weekend on a web forum I frequent, specifically in regards to a Cubic/Astro restoration.
Considering the interest that keeps appearing for one of these units for the 5 - 5.5 MHz PTO/VFO rigs, the thought keeps occuring to me that there may be a need for a general-purpose DDS unit that can be (with the proper cabling, of course) plugged into one of these rigs as a direct replacement for an external or remote VFO assembly.
73, ron w3wn


On 12/27/11, Ed - K9EW wrote:

Hi again Scott,

A question just popped into my mind... what did you do for the display?

tnx es 73,
ed - k9ew


On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 8:14 PM, <scottsheppard at videotron.ca> wrote:

> Well this holiday season I made some changes to my little Argosy (analog)
> that had been sitting neglected in behind my Corsair II and the Omni V...I
> replaced the PTO with the N4YG DDS just as I had with the Corsair. The
> difference is night and day. The simple pleasures of being able to pick the
> radio up or move it a few inches without the freq changing several kc's is
> enough but the tuning is so much more pleasurable. I added a LED freq
> display at the same time and replaced a lot of the older caps on the IF/AF
> board. I now have a new (old) favorite radio.
>
> The conversion was very easy and I placed the board where the old noise
> blanker used to be. Very little difference from the Corsair mods and in
> fact I would say the Argosy is even easier to do. If anyone is interested
> in getting more info I am happy to pass my experiences along...
>
> 73
>
> scott va3ied
>
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