Mike?
How can a filter lower static levels? only bandwith can do that not the type
of filter...
73 KB2TM
Dennis
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hyder --N4NT--" <N4NT_Mike.Hyder@charter.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 12:09
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Ten Tec Omni D, Why so quiet ?
> Perhaps someone can explain why it is so but I've seen much discussion
about
> the superiority of the Ten-Tec 'crystal ladder' filters over the 'crystal
> lattice' filters used by other manufacturers. From what I've read, the
> difference in those filter types may help account for the lower static
> levels you are finding on the Omni-C.
>
> 73, Mike N4NT
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Newberry Gary" <gnn01@yahoo.com>
> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 2:01 PM
> Subject: [TenTec] Ten Tec Omni D, Why so quiet ?
>
>
> >
> > I hve a friend that's a recent convert to Ten Tec rigs
> > mainly because of their quiet receiver. I hadn't paid
> > much attention to it until this morning. On my Yaesu
> > FT-857 ( an Icom 706 MKIIG clone ) On the Yaesu it
> > sounded like there was a thunderstorm in the not to
> > distant area with static noise levels around S5 or S6.
> > I fired up the Omni D (Series C)on the same antenna
> > and it was as quiet as a church mouse, the S meter
> > would drop to almost it's resting state and the noisy
> > Midcars net I was listening to sounded almost like a 2
> > meter FM station at full quieting. I know the Omni
> > isn't insensitive as I've had it back to Ten Tec for
> > an alignment within the past couple of months.
> >
> > I've got some 120 KV lines and a substation about 500
> > feet behind my house and wonder if for some reason the
> > Yaesu is sensitive to that noise and the Omni isn't ?
> >
> > I just wonder if someone has a good logical
> > explanation, I'm in Flint, Mich and worked a mobile
> > running 5 watts in Mass. on a poor condition 40 meter
> > CW band and I doubt with the noisy receiver of the
> > '857 I would have heard him at all.
> >
> > I just wonder if anyone has any technical explanations
> > for this ? Needless to say I'm not going to part with
> > the old Omni D anytime in the near future.
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Gary K8IQ
>
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