I believe the ARRL product review gave both the Elecraft K2 and the Ten-Tec
Omni VI+ receivers very high marks.
Just curious whether anyone out there owns both and has compared the K2 and
VI+ receiver performance on 160M? Please drop me an email if so.
Tnx/73,
Barry N1EU
>From: Bob & Linda McGraw K4TAX <RMcGraw@InfoAve.Net>
>Reply-To: RMcGraw@InfoAve.Net
>To: cherry@neta.com
>CC: tentec@contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [TenTec] re: Reciever comparison chart on website
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
>Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 09:58:35 -0800
>
>
>Jim, Ken and all;
>
>In looking at the comparison chart, it's clear the K2 appears better.
>After all it's their chart. When I was with an electronics design and
>manufacturing company, our product always compared better than the
>competition. If one test indicated otherwise, we didn't print it.
>
>One thing missing in the K2 report. Price of the radio. While I don't
>think a more expensive radio is ALWAYS a better performer, you can bet
>that the least expensive radio won't perform like a top dollar radio.
>Funny how that works.
>
>73
>Bob K4TAX
>
>Jim FitzSimons wrote:
> >
> > Ken, I use a long 362 foot long wire. My Pegasus suffers from
> > overloading
> > from a near 50KW AM at some times and a near 1KW ham. These two signals
> > will overload my Pegasus so it can not be used on any band.
> > A MFJ preselector fixes the problem.
> > I assume Elecraft K2 and OmniVI+ do not have this problem.
> > The Pagasus has a preselector but it must not be narrow enough.
> > I have no problem with dipole or vertical antennas because they have
> > less bandwidth than my long wire.
> > Regards, Jim FitzSimons W7ANF
> >
> > Ken Hopper wrote:
> > >
> > > There is a very interesting chart on the Elecraft web site that
>compares
> > > various rigs. The OmniVI+, Scout and Peg/Jupiter are compared with
>other
> > > contemporary rigs. Of course the purpose of the nice chart is to
>promote the
> > > excellent RX characteristics of the Elecraft K2 - a fact that builders
>and
> > > owners of this fine rig can attest to.
> > >
> > > The Pegasus/Jupiter seem to have red flag entries for five of seven of
>the
> > > measurement categories. Pse check it out for yourself at:
> > > http://www.elecraft.com/K2_perf.htm The two part article that
>appeared in the
> > > July and August issues of CQ Magazine was particularly critical of the
> > > Pegasus/Jupiter RX.
> > >
> > > In actual use my Jupiter seems to be performing extremely well with a
>modest
> > > dipole on the roof. Your mileage will certainly vary :-)
> >
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