REAL RADIOS HAVE KNOBS. AND METERS. AND BUTTONS. AND YES, SOMETIMES
TUBES. (FORGIVE ME TEN-TEC)
Walt
On
Tue, 2 Mar 1999 ac5aa@juno.com wrote:
>
> Hi Gary,
> I saw the Kachina at Dallas HamCom last year, and have to admit that I'm
> not one who favors the PC-based radios. I guess the GUI/keyboard/mouse
> approach doesn't lend itself to what I think works well in radio, but
> maybe I'm a minority here.
> As far as the receiver, I can't comment about any first hand experience,
> but the "QST" product review noted that phase noise performance in the
> Kachina was second only to the Omni VI+. To quote from the article: "We
> noted exceptionally low composite (phase) noise -- approximately 10 dB
> lower across the 2 to 22 MHz range tested than many radios we have tested
> recently. ... In fact, only the Ten-Tec Omni IV (sic) PLUS showed lower
> composite noise across most of the range. This most likely resulted from
> the direct digital synthesizer design and the computer
> temperature-compensated reference oscillator." That's a strong
> endorsement of one facet of RX performance. Otherwise, "QST"
> characterizes the performance of the Kachina of "typical" for a rig in
> the $2,000 price range.
> I hope this doesn't contaminate your findings with another's.
>
> 73, Duane AC5AA
>
>
> Duane A. Calvin, AC5AA
> Austin, Texas
> ac5aa@juno.com -or- ac5aa@earthlink.net
> Day: dacalvin@us.ibm.com
>
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