At Tuesday 08:38 AM 7/26/2005, you wrote:
Thanks Tommy. I didn't mention it in the last post but I do have an
OMNI VI+ too. Great radio for DXing. If there's anything lacking
it's the dual receive in one box. And unless you've used the "old"
OMNI series or a CORSAIR series radio with matching VFO so that you
can do the A-B VFO split with dual receive, A AND B, in a big DX
pile-up, its unlikely one will understand what you miss with the A-B
VFO split and reverse functions in the newer TT radios like the OMNI
V, OMNI VI series (and Paragon). Oh, one can use a extra receiver
or transceiver and a reed relay switching box interface with the
newer TT transceivers, but its not the same as dual receive in a
Corsair or Omni C/D (with external VFO) transceiver. The current
radios are great for contesting but in the $2k-$3K range there's no
really great dual receive, QSK, PTO, crystal based rig for DXing
(unless you use a Ten-Tec classic).
73 & DX,
Gary - AB9M - www.csm-gh.com
Gary,
I can't exactly follow what you are saying here "And unless you've
used the "old" OMNI series or a CORSAIR series radio with matching
VFO so that you can do the A-B VFO split with dual receive" ? I
understand what you mean about the split operation, but how do you
get dual receive by using the matching VFO?
The reason I ask is because I'm getting ready to get a SO2R set up
going, using two Omni 6 Plus rigs, which with these radios, I think,
is the only way you can get dual band rcvr/tx. I have a Corsair 2
with the external VFO, but I think I'm just missing a key word in
your description? Or maybe its been too long a time since I've set up
my Corsair 2?
Can you elaborate just a little please?
Thanks,
Tommy - W4BQF
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