Yes, I believe they all now make good solid CW rigs. I haven't had
the opportunity to try them all so I can only say that many of
them sound just as good. I Can't speak about other receivers but
if any of them beat the Omni I'd be quite surprised. However, the
thing that makes Ten-Tec stand out head and shoulders above all
others is the people at Ten-Tec. When you call for support you
don't speak a kid reading symptoms and cures from a recipe book
that was translated from another language. You speak to a service
tech who works on rigs like yours daily and knows it inside out
and backwards. When you need to send it in for service, you don't
wait six weeks to find out that it's going to take another six
weeks to fix it. You have it back on your desk in two to three
weeks including the time required to ship it both ways. That kind
of care and attention is not matched by anyone else!!
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73, Rich - W3ZJ
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jreber@es.com [mailto:jreber@es.com]
> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 5:06 PM
> To: tacquire@earthlink.net; rbdrake@erols.com
> Subject: RE: [TenTec] That's a great CW rig.....
>
>
> I don't think anyone is saying it's a "better" cw rig,
> but that it is indeed
> a good one. I think that as with all ham equipment,
> it's largely a matter
> of personal taste.
>
> Jason
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan [mailto:tacquire@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 2:41 PM
> Cc: tentec@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] That's a great CW rig.....
>
>
>
> What makes it a better cw rig? Besides the qsk
>
> Richard B Drake wrote:
>
> > I have heard this too, many times. My guess would be
> that it goes
> > back to the early days of the Argonaut (sp?) and the
> Tritons when
> > if you wanted a full QSK CW rig, Ten-Tec was the only game in
> > town. So, it earned it's early reputation as a CW mans rig and
> > that has simply stuck through the years. However,
> those of us who
> > own them know that it goes far deeper than that. I get good
> > reports on all modes with my Omni 6+.
> >
> > ---
> > 73, Rich - W3ZJ
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-tentec@contesting.com
> > > [mailto:owner-tentec@contesting.com]On
> > > Behalf Of jreber@es.com
> > > Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 3:05 PM
> > > To: tentec@contesting.com
> > > Subject: [TenTec] That's a great CW rig.....
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hello gang-
> > > I'm just curious why I've so often heard the comment
> > > "Oh, yeah, Ten Tec rigs
> > > are great for CW" when I tell the op on the other end
> > > that I'm using a Ten
> > > Tec rig. This happens whether I'm working CW, SSB, or
> > > PSK 31, and I've
> > > honestly heard this comment (or something very similar)
> > > 30 or 40 times in
> > > the last 2 years. Now I realize that CW afficienados
> > > frequently like Ten Tec
> > > rigs (myself included), and they are unquestionably
> > > great for CW, but they
> > > also seem to work perfectly well for SSB as far as I
> > > can tell. Many times
> > > (on SSB) the comment is made so as to suggest that Ten
> > > Tec's are great CW
> > > rigs, but not so good for SSB. What's the reason for
> > > this opinion? The only
> > > other rigs I have used besides my Omni D and Scout for
> > > SSB are an old
> > > FPM-300, and a Tempo One. I'm curious how the SSB
> > > "experts" on the list feel
> > > about Ten Tec's vs. the foreign rigs?
> > >
> > > I'm hoping the Jupiter will perform well on SSB and CW,
> > > as I am considering
> > > that for my next rig. It should have identical
> > > performance characteristics
> > > to the Pegasus. I have worked several stations using
> > > the Pegasus on SSB, and
> > > all were happy. However, I've only worked one station
> > > running a Pegasus on
> > > CW. The operator said he liked it just fine for CW.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Jason
> > > AC7JW
> > >
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