I hope the (not built yet) Omni VII has the dual setup like the 1000D. You
can't beat a dual setup for split on 40 during a contest.
73 de Rick N9THC
On Monday, December 8, 1997 at 10:49:26 am CST,
"Ed Tanton" <n4xy@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>Hi Folks... just a small comment. I recently sold my OMNI VI for personal
>reasons... and fully intend to get another sometime, perhaps next year. I
>have had-sitting on my shelf-a Signal One CX-7A (I 'do' QRP and Boat
>Anchors.) It is the only rig I have ever tried that either equals or even
>beats the wonderful breakin performance of my OMNI VI. You were discussing
>35wpm... BOTH the OMNI VI and the Signal One cause the received audio
>interruption by sending a dit (or more-of course) to seem like simply a
>nice and loud station on frequency... no overload, no thumping, just full
>copy between characters-or better. (At higher speeds it seems to me that
>the idea of copying between dits becomes a meaningless term.)
>
>The Signal One CX-7A was ** WAY ** ahead of its time in features and
>performance. It has fully dual frequency receive, with a fader between
>either RCVR A and RCVR B that allows any weighting between the two. Such
>2-frequency receive performance is the ONE area where my OMNI VI is totally
>beaten! (*** Are you reading this TT? ***) The remaining features and
>characteristics are either equal or excelled by the OMNI VI... especially
>filtering. The Signal One is nice, but NOTHING compared to my 'VI. I can
>make up a lot of it with my NIR-12, but it simply is not the same. Front
>end on the 'VI was better (!!!) as well-which is quite a compliment.
>
>So, breakin-wise, NOTHING else (current) is an OMNI VI... and at least if
>one has to make do, I do have the OTHER rig that does it very well!!!
>
>Happy Holidays All.
>73
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