Well said Clark. 73, Lynn W4NL
At 09:45 PM 2/22/98 -0800, Clark Savage Turner WA3JPG wrote:
>> Over the past few weeks (perhaps as much as a month) there seems to have
>> been a rash of folks selling their OMNI VIs, most of which have been
>> upgraded to one of the Plus options. Does anyone have a clue as to why
>
>You know, Don, I noticed 4 or 5 of them, too. I think it has been
>about a year now that the plus has been available in some form. I
>suppose it is that a few of us get real high hopes and then find the
>reality of the rig is just not quite exactly what we wanted. Happens
>with FT 1000's and TS 950's to some degree too. I suspect it will happen
>with all new offerings. No special problems with Ten Tec here.
>
>I had my OMNI VI upgraded to option 3 at the factory and I am pleased
>as punch. I turned down an FT 1000 in even swap (was in my shack
>for a week so I could evaluate) before my option 3 upgrade. Now, if
>I was purely SSB and needed certain features and a wider sound, etc,
>I would certainly go with the FT 1000. It is a very very good radio.
>An excellent radio, and holds its own next to the OMNI VI in most ways,
>surpassing it in some ways for SSB in my humble opinion.....
>However, when I tried to dig out weak CW signals next to stronger
>QRM, the OMNI VI did it just enough better that I could tell the
>difference. The OMNI is not as slick, and I needed to learn how to
>make it "sing" but I would stack it up with the best of the other rigs
>in the nastiest of conditions and believe it will surpass them in
>most cases.
>
>When it comes to operator's preferences and tastes, some guys prefer
>a Kenwood TS 570 or a Yaesu FT 920 to the OMNI VI. OK, that's fine.
>Different smokes for different folks and all that. I prefer my OMNI
>and I find it can do things other radios don't do as well, things that I
>value.
>
>Clark
>WA3JPG
>
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