You never mentioned that your motivation was adding "punch" to your
signal in your original post. No, a W2IHY isn't going to add much
"punch" over the stock audio with compression.
I'd go with a better antenna before the amp, myself.
73 es GL wid the punch,
Barry N1EU
On 11/2/07, gsanderlin@charter.net <gsanderlin@charter.net> wrote:
> Sounds like if I want to ad a bit of a punch to my audio with a Omni Six
> Plus would be to add a Titan instead of a W2ihy device. Thanks for all of
> the info guys.
> Gary, WB5VBB
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]
> On Behalf Of K5XS@aol.com
> Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 9:09 AM
> To: tentec@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Anyone using W2ihy products on omni 6 with
> goodresults?
>
>
> I agree with Barry. Equalizers do more than widen the bandwidth.
>
> Having said that, I do not use one on my Orion II, nor did I ever use one
> on
> my Omni VI+. With the stock TT 705 microphone on both rigs I have gotten
> countless unsolicited comments regarding the high audio quality. (And it's
>
> kind of fun to respond to the "What kind of microphone are you using?"
> question
> with "The stock Ten Tec mic.") (Which always has had me wondering if some
> people don't maybe harm their audio by trying to do too much over the stock
>
> design with other mics and equalizers...)
>
> 73,
> Bernie K5XS
>
> In a message dated 11/2/2007 6:51:25 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
> barry.n1eu@gmail.com writes:
>
> The use of external audio equalization doesn't necessarily mean
> someone is looking for a wide audio bandwidth. They might just want to
> adjust the voice response over the 2.4Khz bandwidth. There are a heck
> of a lot of microphones in use that could use such equalization to
> make the op's voice sound more natural at the receiving end.
>
> 73,
> Barry N1EU
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