With INRAD roofing filter and IF filters mod, I would put it right there with
workhorses FT1000D and IC781. Another beauty is that you can have three or four
filters cascaded. I also find AN or DSP on CW probably the best of all.
Ergonomics and controls are excellent, Orion could have learned a thing or two
from Omni. It's a keeper here, no quitting mind of its own :-)
Just a note about possibly the best RX of all times - modified R4B. If you
install narrow Sherwood "roofing" filter, modify mixer, split RF and IF gain
control, replace preselector tube with 6EJ7 and tweak the IF cans, it is hard
to beat. Preselector tuned in gang gives excellent out of band rejection, one
sharp Sherwood Xtal filter with following LC IF cans has the lowest ringing
from the static crashes, better than R4Cs. No phase noise from synthesizers, da
RX for weak signal reception on low bands.
The DR1 is brewing slowly, catching up with circuit, DSP and computer advances.
Contesters wil be first to know when ready for prime time. No half baked junk
will be released.
Yuri Blanarovich, K3BU
----- Original Message -----
From: PaulKB8N@aol.com
Date: Friday, June 2, 2006 9:25 am
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Contest Rig
> If you are a CW contester only, I think the Omni VI is still a
> very viable
> contest radio. I've used just about every type of contest radio
> (albeit
> short-term) but I can't find anything that provides the overall
> performance,
> reliability and intuitive ergonomics that the Omni provides. I've
> thought about
> doing the Inrad roofing filter mod on both radios, but find so few
> instances
> where it would make a difference that I wonder if would be a good
> investment.
> As the song goes, "Give Me the Simple Life"
>
> Paul, K5AF
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