Jeff,
I'm a casual operator rather than a serious DXer or Contester. Yep,
there's some element of nostalgia in my affection for my CorsiarII - it
was the first new rig I ever owned - but, sentiment aside, this is what
I prefer about it:
1) The Receive audio quality
2) Ease of servicing
3) With the remote VFO I can listen to both sides of a "split" operation
simultaneously.
4) It doesn't have the "birdies" I still get on the Omni VI despite lots
of work to eradicate them.
5) AGC characteristics.
I realise some of these are very subjective preferences. On all other
aspects the Omni VI probably wins.
73,
Steve G3TXQ
W8KZW wrote:
OK, now I'm REALLY up in the air.
I've loved my Corsair II / Remote VFO for the years I've used it.
I recently acquired an Omni VI, and it's at Ten-Tec right now getting "like
new".
My plan (for casual CW and SSB operation, paired with my 425 Titan from time
to time) was to sell the former and keep the latter, but everyone on the
list seems to prefer the Corsair!
... so I'm really wondering: how much of that is nostalgia / camp / attitude
(no disrespect intended ... that's why I run boatanchors) and how much is
based on true operating performance / convenience?
I guess I could run them side-by-side and make my own judgement, but space
and time make that improbable. Besides, I'd like to learn from the
experience of others.
Jeff
W8KZW
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