Hi Dave: Never said it was a bad rig - just that the Omni series
is much better in a heavy rf environment. That's not a guess,
that's a matter of physics.
Sorry if I insulted your Paragon.
de KL7HF
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Heil <k8mn@clinet.fi>
To: tentec@contesting.com <tentec@contesting.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Thursday, May 28, 1998 9:13 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni V & Paragon
>Del Seay wrote:
>>
>> Hi Guys:
>> There's a bit more to the subject than what has been covered. The
>> general coverage aspect is obvious.
>> However - if you are a casual operator, working your buddy down
>> the block, then the Paragon is fine. But - if you're a dx-er or a
>> contestor, it's the OMNI-V hands down.
>
>
>Silly me! I didn't know that the Paragon was NG for DXing and
>contesting. Though I use an Omni VI Plus now, I managed to use my early
>Paragon (Serial number 103) to win the 1988 ARRL DX Africa plaques for
>both phone and CW, the '88 and '91 Africa CQ WW DX SSB plaques and a
>couple of the CQ RTTY Africa plaques with it. There were the 75,000+
>QSOs from J5; 60,000+ from 9L and half of my 50,000 or so from A2.
>
>Terrible rig :)
>
>Either one will do the job nicely.
>
>Dave Heil OH2/K8MN
>
>P.S. The Paragon now does duty with my T-Kit 6m transverter so I don't
>have to tie up the Omni VI.
>
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