Hi Lee,
I'm pushing nothing. My suggestion is that folks consider what they need a
radio to do. If I can operate to my satisfaction with a radio I can buy for
$300, then I'd be a fool to spend over $3000. But there are people who
actually need the more expensive radio. Just as Ten-Tec will sell you an
Orion with a money-back guarantee, you can buy an older rig on the reflector
and use it long enough to see if it suits you then resell it if it doesn't.
I will caution you that you will not sell a Ten-Tec rig but will accumulate
them because they are all so lovable it's impossible to decide which to get
rid of.
About SSB on the Omni-C, its receiver sounds very quiet and smooth -- great
audio to my ears. I have worked SSB perhaps a total of two hours in the
past 15 or 20 years -- mostly talking with people that I already know. I
use an Astatic D-104 with no amplifier in it. With that setup, I've gotten
great audio reports and people who know me say it sounds just like I do in
person. I hold the microphone so that it touches my cheek and talk across
the front of it, not directly at it.
73,
Mike N4NT
----- Original Message -----
From: <Kc9cdt@aol.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 3:50 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] For Ci Jones, WU7R
Mike,
I don't run ant CW, ALL SSB, do you stil think the Omni-C is the way to
go?
Lee, KC9CDT
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