Ten-Tec Argosy II 🥇 Overview & on-the-air 🥇 K1USN SST CW QSOs

[@darrinpearce9780]

Nice rig. Heard somebody say "everything is DX in Hawaii", kind of the same here in VK land !!. Thanks for posting and 73's.

[@W6JIM]

Thank You Darrin! Time for me to aim my beam at VK land for some more DX :-)

[@johnsnyder7021]

Excellent. Thank you for sharing. It's always good to find another Ten Tec aficionado. de AC5JS.

[@W6JIM]

Thanks for watching John. More to come.

[@StanFerris]

Fun for sure, Jim!

[@W6JIM]

Hey Stan, I have heard you once or twice on the reverse beacon. I will catch you one of these days!

[@StanFerris]

I hope so, Jim! With my mighty 3 watts! HI HI

[@ouijim]

Got Ten-Tec Argosy II at Hamfest year ago. $150 with Power Supply, works like a charm, wish it had 500hz filter. Also got Ten-Tec Triton II at Hamfest this year, $70 with Mic and Power Supply works but scratchy controls need cleaning, got solvent, still getting around to it ; ) Plan to build rack in basement for old radios and try to limit myself, seems I am on a Ten-Tec trend ; )

[@W6JIM]

Great deal on that Argosy II James! Make sure you have lots of room on that rack for your future Ten-Tecs :-)

[@lovethevdub]

Very nice rig. Hope I find one of those for my Ten-Tec collection one of these days =)

[@W6JIM]

Thank you Josh and good luck on your search. I have taken this one portable a few times. Great receiver too!

[@mikesmithg0rfd356]

thank you. you can not beat a good ten tec.

[@W6JIM]

I agree Mike. And even today it is hard to find a rig with silent QSK to match an old Ten-Tec :-)

[@jeffdyer2393]

I got a century 22 as motivation to learn cw still not there yet ha.

[@W6JIM]

Wow, a Century-22! 50 watts, Analog, CW only. 80-10m, No WARC. I have never seen one in person. They look nice 👍 What kind of condition is it in?

[@jeffdyer2393]

@@W6JIM it's close to mint condition but it's only 25 watts. It has a very nice adjustable filter. There are a few TH-cam videos with them you'll have to check them out. I don't think they made many of them.

[@qrplife]

Wish I’d never sold my TT525D 😣

[@W6JIM]

I know how you feel. But, not to late to pick up another one!

[@JxH]

Yep, I had one; it worked but 'meh'. It replaced the utterly horrific Eico 753. It was replaced with the lovely FT-77. All of these were ~$100 price class used. Three radios cover 45 years. Only very recently bought my first brand new modern HF rig, FT-991A.

[@W6JIM]

Mine still works good. I love the old rigs. I hope you like your 991A :-)