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Subject: [TenTec] rambling questions
From: troy_wideman@eee.org (Troy Wideman)
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 09:50:30 -0700
Clark,
 I had the NIR 10 w/V4 and tried to use it with my Omni VI +#3 and
finally gave up. The audio was so distracting with the constant
"gurgling" that I sold the NIR 10-- the ham that bought it ( I offered it
money back guarantee) uses it with his TS-830S and loves it.  Troy, W6HV

Clark Savage Turner WA3JPG wrote:

> Anyone here use the Timewave or the JPS DSP?  I had a Timewave
> 59+ for a while, and I just got an NIR 10 with version 4 installed.
> Neat toys, but the audio artifacts and distortion drive me absolutely
> batty.  I find the DSP in my OMNI VI to be basic and restricted, but
> the darned thing works well enough that I use it on occasion.  I
> find the NIR 10 just annoys me so far.  Well, the bandpass function
> for CW is not too bad, but there is a light "motorboating" on all
> the leading and trailing edges of the CW signals while it filters.
> The SSB "noise reduction" does indeed reduce certain kinds of noise,
> but ADDS others.  I hear all sorts of odd junk as the processor
> decides what parts of the signal to keep and what to throw.  Aaaaack.
> I have spoken to one other guy who tells me that he notices this
> stuff, too.
>
> I have my beloved Corsair I and was hoping I could add this to it
> and improve the CW selectivity.  Ha.
>
> Another rambling question.  Anyone notice that the OMNI-analog
> must have been the OMNI I, the OMNI-digital was the OMNI II, the
> Corsair I must have been the OMNI III, the Corsair II, the
> OMNI IV.....is this how the OMNI V got its name?
>
> Clark
> WA3JPG
>
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