Hi folks - Yesterday, after posting a note about buying a Corsair II and my potential on the-air comparison with my Icom 756 Pro II, I was surprized to get a number of unsolicited direct emails which
Tim, I have several Corsair IIs an Omni-B and two Omni-Ds as well as an Argonaut 509 (with many "QRP Quarterly" mods care of Steve Russel). I have owned many, many rigs over the past 30 years (since
Hello Tim, Some limited experience, but not with a Corsair. I own an Argosy II with the narrow CW filter and the noise blanker. Except for the agonizingly slow recovery in the AGC - yes, I know there
There was a time, several years ago, when many CW contesting stations were big into using the Kenwood TS-930S; that was in mid-80's I believe, just before the time of the Corsair, or perhaps, just a
Sure, It is an easy set-up. First of all I have the optional 500 HZ Collins filter installed. To get this set-up for outstanding Passband tuning just turn the rig on, hold down the function key until
Author: geraldj@isunet.net (Dr. Gerald N. Johnson, electrical engineer)
Date: Thu Jan 30 21:59:38 2003
The TS850 was quite a bit later than the TS930. The 850 has performed well, it had better reviews, especially in Europe than most other radios of the era. The TS930 seems to like to self destruct, th
The era of the TS-930S coincided with the Corsair I. I used to put the 930 and a Corsair on the air, side by side, listening to the same signal, sharing the antenna with a switch, and demonstrated ho
Hi Tim, I use a Ten Tec Paragon (and 238 tuner). I like operating high speed CW (40 WPM) and have used: - Kenwood TS850 - Yaesu FT990 - Drake TR7 (which I still own) - TT Paragon I The Paragon is far
Tim, As an active CW operator for the past 53 years, I have a slightly different requirement for a transceiver than most hams do. For some 30 years one part of the hobby I enjoy is full QSK QRQ CW, s
A few years back I posted a message to the list with the results of a head-to-head QSK comparision between a Corsair, TS930, and FT1000MP. I was testing at what speed I could no longer hear the other