[TenTec] Argosy (I)

[John]

Mike,

Thanks for the reply.  I have operated QRP from the house and find that 
the Argosy is a workable rig even at 5 Watts. The first rig I ever used 
was a Argonaut so the Argosy seems to be a reasonable progression. So 
why not put a kit together for operation in the field?  Well, as normal 
as being ham operator, anyways.

I have the radio. and next is a power source.  It looks like I can get 
at least a couple of hours, if not more, from a 5 to 7.5 Ah battery.  If 
the load is really 50% transmitting and 50% listening, I can get about 3 
hours form a 5 Ah battery and the sealed units are slightly less than 5 
lbs so the load on my back is not huge so far.

  That is why I placed the query here. Although it seems as though the 
FT-817 is as popular as any else, I would enjoy putting my Argosy back 
the air.

73,
John / WA1JG

On 9/7/2011 4:39 PM, Mike Hyder -N4NT- wrote:
> You can reduce current drain if you will use a set of unused contacts to
> switch the lamps off and on. If you have the digital model, there is a
> button to shut off the display, I think, and you can run the meter lamp lead
> through a spare contact. I don't know about the analog Argosy's contact
> nomenclature.
>
> I would think the basic rig would draw on the order of 1.5 amps on low power
> but that's speculation.
>
> 73, Mike  -N4NT-
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John"<jh.graves at verizon.net>
> To:<tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 10:40 AM
> Subject: [TenTec] Argosy (I)
>
>
>> I have an Argosy and think it would fun to use it as a portable rig.
>> Has anybody built up a portable supply for it?  The listed specs say it
>> draws .5 A on RX and 9 A. Max.  Is it really 2 A. total at low power ( 5
>> W)?  as an extrapolation ?  The FT-817 runs about 2A on transmit  aso I
>> would think I would be in that range.  At least one person is using a
>> 5000 mah battery as a supply for the 817.   Just thinking out load.
>>
>> John / WA1JG
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