Had both and more. The Jup will get clobbered by strong signals. Using
the passband tuning helps some but you'll still get some qrm. No
comparison in selectivity between it and the V. Don't pay much attention
to the 57 filter selections and 300hz bandwidth advertising. The Jups
agc seems to reqire a lot of interaction with the af gain control.
Strong stations tend to be LOUD and weak stations tend to be quiet. But
then the Jupe is general coverage, more stable, better SSB audio and
likes computers much better. IT also has a nicer sounding side tone.
Some of them have rough sounding or "hissy" notes on cw. This seems to
vary between units. Some sound better than others. Omni V's usually have
great keying.
N4LQ
-----Original Message-----
From: Able2fly@aol.com
To: tentec@contesting.com
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 13:02:21 EST
Subject: [TenTec] From Omni 5 to Jupiter?
> I am toying with the idea of trading in a perfectly good Omni V and
> replacing it with a Jupiter with antenna tuner, the reason being just
> to consolidate
> and simplify things a bit, and to try something more modern. The only
> problem is that I really like the Omni and it fits my operating style
> (casual
> rag-chew, occasional DX, CW for the most part) fits it to a "T". I
> like the analog
> sound and feel of the Omni. Its equipped with the 1.8 and .5 filters
> in the
> 2nd IF.
>
> I'm asking those who have used them both, how do the Omni V and
> Jupiter
> compare? What are the tradeoffs?
>
> Thanks, Bill K3UJ
>
>
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