[TenTec] Argonaut 505

Carl Moreschi n4py3 at earthlink.net
Wed Feb 12 16:23:23 EST 2014


Back around 1980, I used to run a Heath HW-8, CW only 2 watt radio, 
mobile in my car.  I would routinely work a European driving to work 
each morning from North Carolina.  QRP works!

Carl Moreschi N4PY
58 Hogwood Rd
Louisburg, NC 27549
www.n4py.com

On 2/12/2014 4:15 PM, geoffrey mendelson wrote:
> On 2/12/2014 8:51 PM, JAMES HANLON wrote:
>> Don't give up on that Argonaut 505. I had mine on 40 SSB yesterday
>> afternoon and talked to a bunch of guys all over New Mexico. My QTH is
>> Sandia Park, near Albuquerque.
>>
>
> I know they are not the same rig, but close. I had worked a ham near
> Kiev last summer on 10m using an Argo 509. 1 watt PEP. Roughly 1300
> miles. Not a record by any means, but a data point.
>
> Geoff.
>


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