[TenTec] Another retro question - Argosy-Century

[Carl Moreschi]

The century 21 was a very different animal.  It used a direct conversion 
receiver.  This means you can hear a station on both sides of zero beat. 
  But the radio is really a winner for a CW operator.  It is very 
simple, produces about 40 watts, and has flawless QSK.  I liked mine 
very much.

The Argosy is a much more standard radio.  It has a regular 
superhetrodyne receiver.  It has 6 bands.  They are 80, 40, 30, 20 15, 
and 10.  And it runs SSB and CW both.  It does not have an RF gain 
control.  I also enjoyed this radio very much.  I used it as a vacation 
radio.  I eventually replaced it with a model 580 delta, which also 
worked very well.

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

On 10/6/2014 1:28 PM, Al Soto wrote:
> I liked reading all the opinions about the Corsair revisited (modern version
> of corsair).
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> I don't have a long history with ten tec and was not a ham in the 80s, but
> now own two ten tec rigs and am thinking about another. I've learned a lot
> just being on this reflector and am glad to be part of this community.
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> I see the Century 21 and Argosy (analog versions) as such different rigs
> made during the same years. For those that owned or used them (for cw), how
> would you compare them?
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> 73, Al  kj3q
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