[TenTec] Argosy (analog) 525 - manual?

Fri, 12 Apr 2002 01:09:25 +0100

Thanks for the numerous replies and encouragement I received regarding my
Argosy.  If I contact Ten Tec and  the manual is no longer available from
them, as one person has advised me, I will probably go through W7FG
vintage manuals.  I have a modest amount of test equipment and will
probably tackle fixing it myself, but if the time comes it is nice to
know that Ten-Tec will service their equipment, and from what I hear, at
a reasonable price.  The weather is really starting to get nice here in
Ohio so I may not be spending as much time in the shack, so I'm not sure
when I'll get it completely squared away.   But I'm sure I'll have fun
with it once I get it going.

At the home QTH I am  running a Paragon on mostly CW, PSK31, MFSK16 and
very occasionally on rtty or sideband, and most of my operation seems to
be on 30 meters - although you may find me anywhere.  If you hear me on
the air, please give me a shout. 

Thanks again,

73 de Mark N8COO

On Wed, 10 Apr 2002 01:05:57 +0100 Charles Mark Cring <[email protected]>
writes:
> 
> I recently purchased an Argosy 525 (analog) and matching power 
> supply on
> ebay (yes, I hear you laughing).  OK I paid $270. plus shipping 
> (yes, you
> can start laughing harder).   I wanted a little rig I could take
> portable, had at least 80, 40, 30 and 20, be a decent CW rig (but 
> with
> phone capabilities just in case) and would operate QRP or high 
> power.  
> It appears that this one will need some work, though,  but it is 
> alive.  
> The outside screws are rusty,  although the inside isn't too 
> corroded
> looking, but the case is sort of dirty looking.  The bandswitch and
> controls were tight and noisy.   I sprayed the  controls and 
> contacts
> with some cleaner lube, and put a few drops of oil on the detent 
> balls on
> the bandswitch.   
> 
> Guess I should have known it has been in someone's basement or 
> garage for
> the last 10 years.   And/or maybe too near the ocean (it came from
> Florida).
> 
> Anyhow, if I haven't lost you yet...
> 
> 1.  Does anybody know if there is a manual available for download on
> line?  If not, I guess I can go the manual man route.
> 
> 2.  It has a board that says CW audio filter.  But when I push AF 
> in, and
> try 1 or 2, the audio goes away.   I tried tuning across a CW sig 
> very
> slowly and couldn't hear it unless the volume was turned WAY way up 
> and
> then there still didn't seem to be any filtering action, maybe just 
> some
> signal bleeding through.
> 
> 3. With any signal at all,  the S - meter almost pegs and stays 
> there,
> and it will drop back very slowly only with no signal.
> 
> 4.  Sometimes there is a lot of receiver noise at times even with no
> antenna.    Seems to come and go possibly with moving rear low/high 
> power
> switch (I sprayed it and exercised it and it seems to possibly be 
> getting
> better).
> 
> 5. When calibrator is on, gets a pulsing noise, but as I tune slowly
> across the band no beat signal.   May be a little louder around the 
> 100
> KHz points? not sure...
> 
> 6. The dial pointer sticks just above the "0" as you are tuning down
> towards it, if you tune back up eventually the pointer starts to 
> move
> again.   I want to be very cautious not to lube anything though 
> around
> that area and the PTO.   I haven't checked for any interference yet.
> 
> Once I get the manual and decide to do some troubleshooting, 
> hopefully, I
> may be able to figure these out.  But I thought I would ask in case 
> these
> problems rang a bell with anyone.  Oh and I probably will try 
> spraying
> and exercising all the connectors.  I just did sort of the 
> preliminaries.
> 
> I know about the mods for the unit, maybe if I get it in decent 
> working
> order I will worry about some of the easy ones.  Unless I give up on 
> it
> first hi hi.  Thanks for putting up with me...
> 
> Thanks & 73,
> 
> Mark N8COO
> 
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