These are very nice, realistic observations, Paul.
Nobody will ever lose a contest or even lose a few points in the standings
buy running an Omni VII instead of an Orion.*
The OM7 is as good or better than a lot of the other radios people win
contests with.
The one place where the OM7 will be at a disadvantage is if you are trying
to use it at a multi-multi station where you have at least 6 max legal power
stations on the air simultaneously from a location the size of a football
field, or if you have a field day site with 2 stations operating on the same
band at the same time, one on CW and the other on SSB. Then every dB of DR3
makes a difference.
I also had 2 Orions and about 6 Omni V/VI/VI+ over the years, but I prefer
operating the Omni VII over all of them.
Don't tell anyone I said this, but I even like it a wee bit better than my
Eagle, but the Eagle has other advantages - size, weight, and simplicity.
*The exception would only be a top notch 160m operator with great antennas
in a 160m contest. The rest of the time, the rest of the contests, the
operator makes far more difference that the tiny bit of difference in the
radios.
And my favorite slogan: "It's the ANTENNA stupid!"
In my books, the Omni VII is the best all-around radio on the planet today
for 98% of all hams.
73
Rick, DJ0IP
-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]
On Behalf Of Paul DeWitte
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 1:51 PM
To: tentec@contesting.com
Subject: [TenTec] Omni VII Filters
I recently bought a used Omni VII from TT.I got both the 500 and 300hz
filters.
I had an Omni VI+ for several years, and then an Orion for about 6 months.
The Orion had the best receiver, but I did not care for its ergonomics. So
it went.
Now I have the Omni VII which I like very much. Very good receive audio.
Much better than the Omni VI+ on SSB, of which I do very little.
I had the Inrad 600hz roofing filter in the Omni VI+, and in a contest it
was great.
I do not feel that the Omni VII has as sharp of filtering as the Omni VI+
had, and definately not as sharp as the Orion. This is just a gut feeling
with no A/B testing. I will have a chance to try it out in the WPX CW
contest to get a better opinion.
As for what filters to buy for James, I would buy at least one or the other
to start with.
Even in casual ragchewing you sometimes get some guy that moves in and
starts calling CQ while you are in QSO with someone. So a filter plus PBT is
nice to have.
The Omni VII is not at the top of the list on receiver performance but so
far it meets my needs.
Just my observations and opinion (for what it is worth).
Paul K9OT
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