[TenTec] Audio improvements on Argonaut VI

[Steve Berg]

I use several Argonaut VI radios with a variety of VHF transverters, and 
find them to be an outstanding radio.  Thanks to the US Army I am almost 
totally deaf in my left ear, and only marginal in my right ear, so I 
probably could not hear these artifacts in the first place.  I do use 
headphones with the Argo VI rigs now and then for very weak signals, and 
have not had any problems like this.

73,

  Steve WA9JML

On 8/20/2018 3:38 PM, Rick at dj0ip.de wrote:
> IMO, when it comes to comparing two radios with each other, there's no such thing as an unfair comparison!
>
> What I deem to be unfair is to set up a radio in a state that no one would ever use it in, search for weaknesses, find them and then imply that it makes this radio worse than that radio.  It is totally irrelevant how it behaves in some state which we would never use it in.
>
> We bought the radio to listen to other stations, not to search for weaknesses in unrealistic situations.
>
> I want to now how well the radio receives compared to other radios under two situations:
> 1)  weak station on a very quiet band
> 2)  weak station on a very crowded band
>
> This is testing a radio when doing what it was intended to do.
>
> Most likely, if we had a few more sunspots and the bands were open, we wouldn't even be discussing this silly topic!
>
> 73,
> Rick, DJ0IP
> (Nr. Frankfurt, Germany)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TenTec <tentec-bounces at contesting.com> On Behalf Of Reed
> Sent: 20 August 2018 21:56
> To: tentec at contesting.com
> Subject: [TenTec] Audio improvements on Argonaut VI
>
> Carlos, I don't hear the hiss on my Argonaut VI unless I put head phones on & listen very carefully.  I'm guessing you have the AF turned all the way down, counter clockwise?  And that depends on what make headphones I use.  With Kenwood HS-5 yes, but with some old Bose over the ear headphones just barely hear the hiss. As far as the weak pulsing noise from the encoder, yes can hear that if I listen very carefully, but with antenna connected all that stuff is eliminated with band noise.
>
> Comparing the Argonaut VI to a Corsair II is not a fair comparison.  I never owned a Corsair II, but I've heard they have one of the quietest receivers ever built by Ten Tec.
>
> 73,
>
> Reed W4JZ
>
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