Well adding a INRAD roofing filter to the Omni VI Plus makes it a totally different radio. I wouldn't view this as an equal compairson. Subjective or otherwise. 73 Bob, K4TAX -- Original Message -- F
My Omni VI Plus has some kind of roofing filter in the N-1 position. I need to open it up and see what brand and type of filter it is. It does not appear to work very well. Best regards - Bry Carling
The Omni VII, Omni VI, and Icom 7800 all seem to be about a tie on the Sherwood test data. The Omni VII is an excellent radio and has much better receive audio than the pinched audio on the Omni VI.
The Omni VI with the INRAD roofing filter is about 15 dB better than the OM7 or 7800. Really no comparison. There most certainly is a difference but you will probably only notice it in a side-by-side
W2VJN sent me a few emails while he was developing the mod and his measurements showed almost unbelievable improvement. He himself was an avid contester and low band dx'er with his Omni 6 for many ye
Let me put some meat behind my previous post: Filter:.....TenTec....INRAD....INRAD Filter:.....Stock.....600Hz....2400Hz -- - 2 kHz.....79dB......94dB.....85.5dB - 5 kHz.....82.5dB....97dB.....95.5dB
But Rick, are you comparing a radio that has a roofing filter vs. a radio that does not have a roofing filter. Yes there is and should be a noticeable difference. 73 Bob, K4TAX -- Original Message --
Of course I am; but I am comparing a real live radio with a 9MHz IF and INRAD filter to a couple of other radios with a first IF of 45MHz or higher. And BTW, the 7800 has roofing filters. Very expens
The guys in the contest group I sometimes operate with prefer the Omni VII to the Omni VII - they can use either, but the Omni VI now only gets worked on multi multi contests. So... I guess at least
Hmmm... can I buy a PT-8000 ? If not, then I think it should not count. N'est ce pas? It does not seem a valid comparison to mention stuff that is still on the drawing board. Can I actually buy a PT-
I don't know if "you" can, but anyone with enough money can buy and take delivery on a PT-8000. The Pt-8000 has been shipping for about a year (with a tiny interruption in production to fix a couple
Which model number INRAD filter do I want for 600 HZ roofing in my Omni VI Plus please ? Sorry for my ignorance but they list so many, and I want to be sure... Of course, I could also put the money t
As far as the menu ergonomics, if the Omni VII is anything like the Orion (I believe it is), it's the easiest to use menu system I've ever encountered on an hf radio. As far as the roofing filter - y
Bryan et al; Are you in to heavy contest operating? If not, as Rob Sherwood indicated, a radio with a 2 kHz Dynamic range of 80 dB is most adequate for ones operations. There are more important attri
Bry, As several have already said, the INRAD filter is only necessary if you are heavily into CW contesting. Otherwise you will never know the difference whether it is in or out. Here is how you get
I think the extra BDR3 for the inrad filter is best suited for 160 meter CW DXing where the DX station is only 2 khz away from the callers. The callers 2 khz away on 160 can easily be S9+30 and the D
Thanks Rick... having just viewed Sherwood's Dayton presentation again, I was not aware they were in production again. You are, of course, quite correct $17,000 or more for a transceiver just ain't w
It is even easier. The Orion has multiple menus broken up on logical groupings and has many more features, settings, and controls to futz with. The Omni VI has something like 45 +/- items in a single
Not sure if you misunderstand or not. Carl already explained it somewhere back in this thread. We're talking only about circumstances that demand more than 80dB dynamic range at 2KHz spacing. That's
"As far as the roofing filter - you really only need this IMHO if you're doing cw contesting." ... AS I UNDERSTOOD IT, this was said about adding the INRAD roofing filter to the OMNI VI. (SIX - not S