Mike,
Beautifully said !!! :)
Having just spent some time in Tennessee at the Hamfest,
I'm reminded of the humor and charm of the people I met
down there !
And, by the way, I kinda like the SSB sound I get outen my two
Ten Tec rigs.
73 de Gary, AA2IZ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hyder -N4NT-" <N4NT@charter.net>
To: <n4lq@iglou.com>; "Scanandoah, Alan" <ascanand@harris.com>; "Ten-Tec
Reflector" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Receivability
> Now, ain't no xpert on SSB like Steve is, but I always thought the
Ten-Tek's
> sounded as good as whatever audio the other station was transmitting.
> You've gotta understand that so many SSB people run compressun and them
Hail
> mikes that sorta narrow down that thar audio. Even a Ten-Tek cain't make
a
> silk purse outt'n a sow's ear. It's been a long time since I listened to
> any SSB, though, and I've slept since then.
>
> Mike N4NT
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <n4lq@iglou.com>
> To: "Mike Hyder -N4NT-" <N4NT@charter.net>; "Scanandoah, Alan"
> <ascanand@harris.com>; "Ten-Tec Reflector" <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 1:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Receivability
>
>
> I second that emotion. I've had the Omni V, Paragon and two Omni VI's and
> my conclusion is that the older TT rigs sound better on cw and none of
> them sound very good on ssb. The cut off point for this hi-fi sound is
> the Corsair. As Mike says, the Tritons, Omni and Delta 580 all have the
> ability to reproduce cw through a wide filter with no distortion.
>
> N4LQ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Mike Hyder -N4NT-" <N4NT@charter.net>
> To: "Scanandoah, Alan" <ascanand@harris.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 10:52:43 -0500
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Receivability
>
> > Hi, Al--
> >
> > I find the same thing on CW. Audio with very low distortion makes my
> > ears
> > better able to sort things out. For that reason, I prefer the older
> > radios
> > like the Triton, old Omni's and 580 Delta to newer ones. I even like
> > using
> > those older rigs better than my Corsair II. In addition, I can listen
> > to
> > one of the older rigs for hours without becoming tired.
> >
> > But I have not owned an Omni V or VI, so my comparisons are only with a
> > couple of Japanese rigs. I did listen to a friend's Omni V and thought
> > it
> > had good audio, but I've never even seen an Omni VI.
> >
> > Based on my experiences over the years, I find that the clarity of the
> > audio
> > is more important to me than the selectivity of the radio is.
> > Apparently
> > many folks feel they need very narrow filters but I usually prefer to
> > use
> > just the audio CW filters in the rigs.
> >
> > 73, Mike N4NT
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Scanandoah, Alan" <ascanand@harris.com>
> > To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> > Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 9:25 AM
> > Subject: [TenTec] Receivability
> >
> >
> > Over the weekend, I handed out a few random points for CQWW. Not being
> > much
> > of
> > an SSB op, I found the wall-to-wall cacophony to be difficult to deal
> > with.
> >
> > This prompted me to do some A/B checks to see if one rig could hear
> > better
> > than
> > another; I compared my Omni V to my Omni A. Surprisingly, even though
> > the
> > Omni
> > A is lacking in the IF selectivity department, I found it much easier
> > to
> > pick
> > out signals. The overall product at the speaker just seemed to be much
> > more
> > readable.
> >
> > Has anyone else had similar experiences?
> >
> > 73 - Al, K2ZN
>
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