Did the early Omnis suffer to the same degree as the Triton with images?
Thanks to all who are contributing to this most informative thread!
73,
Barry N1EU
>From: WA4VEC@aol.com
>I agree with Jerry in that Tritons are in a different class than the early
>Omnis, but not because of the conversion. They are both 9 Mhz single
>conversion, with the later Omnis having provisions for crystal cw filters.
>My memory is that the double conversion did not show up until the Corsairs
>which used 9 Mhz and 6.3 Mhz in part to achieve the passband tuning. The
>double conversion probably also help image elimination to some degree, but
>it
>does add some white noise.
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