[TenTec] Argosy (I)

[John]

Dave,

Thanks for jumping in.  I have a battery distributor almost in my 
backyard (1 town over) and will have to ask him about a case like 
yours.  I was kind of hoping for 3 hours and it sounds like I can do 
better than that.  What kind of an antenna are you using?

John / WA1JG


On 9/7/2011 6:21 PM, Dave Humbertson wrote:
>    I have the Argosy II 525D and I can get many hours of operating at 5
> watts even with the digital display and the meter lamp on. I use a 7 ah
> battery in a little case with a charger built in. I am not sure of the
> actual current drain. If I get a change I will measure it.
>
> 73, Dave - W3NP
>
>
>
> On 9/7/2011 10:40 AM, John wrote:
>> 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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