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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Modern version of the Tec Tec Corsair - please , Ten Tec!
From: Robert <rmcgraw@blomand.net>
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Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2014 07:54:36 -0400
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Smart decision and smart fellow. 

Bob, K4TAX


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> On Oct 3, 2014, at 11:38 PM, Steve Berg <wa9jml@frontier.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> I just ordered an Omni VII, but will be keeping my Corsair II and external 
> VFO.  The radio has simply incredible performance with a few quirks.  I 
> bought an Argonaut VI to get some idea of how good a new DSP rig might be, 
> and it is very good, but it seems to have some problems with really close in 
> QRM, though its selectivity is a bit better than the Corsair II.  I used the 
> Corsair II to work T32C a while back, and on 40 meters, I had to use the 250 
> Hz filter and the audio filter to pull them out from some lid transmitting 
> very close to them.  I was able to copy them, despite this, and was very 
> happy to have that level of performance.  Right now, I am using the Ten Tec 
> RF speech clipper with the Corsair II and it works very well.  I couldn't 
> pass up the deal on the Omni VII, and have been concerned with parts 
> availability for the Corsair II, but really like its level of performance.  
> Would I buy a Corsair III?  Sure, but I doubt that Ten Tec could find enough 
> buyers for it. 
  Most people now seem to want contest winning rigs, and I am not sure that a 
superb analog rig, even with digital outputs for mode and frequency would find 
enough buyers.
> 
> Steve WA9JML
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