For VHF and UHF I am a fan of transverters and high performance HF
transceivers. Noise figures of less then 0.5 dB are the order of the day
for 144 MHz and 432 MHz. I use DownEast transverters ahead of the Omni VII
on 10 meters with great success. I know it is more pieces of equipment,
more cables, and more $$ but I view it as "performance $$". Although some
of the new off shore boxes do well, all band configurations to 1.2 GHz just
won't get the performance I expect for the bucks.
As to offshore rigs and the ability for the 144, 432 and 1296 bands, several
have special packages that do quite well. That area of the market, however,
is small in numbers and likely not profitable at all compared to the general
demand for HF transceivers.
73
Bob, K4TAX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dr. Gerald N. Johnson" <geraldj@storm.weather.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 8:26 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Ten-Tec Transceiver Survey
On Thu, 2008-04-17 at 19:09 -0600, James Duffey wrote:
I, and I suspect many VHF/UHF enthusiasts, would like to see a 222MHz
(1.25m) rig, or a VHF/UHF rig that incorporates this band. As 222 MHz
is only available in region 1, it is pretty much up to the US ham
radio manufacturers to come up with one.
I suspect that a 2m/1.25m/70cm rig would sell well. It would
compliment the many HF rigs, including the Omni VII, that have 6M
facilities. The old Ten Tec 6N2 is still very much in demand in the
used market, and I suspect that if 1.25 were added to this platform it
would sell well. A VHF/UHF platform based on the Omni VII would
probably sell well.
This is one area in which Ten-Tec could take a leadership role without
worry of competition from the Japanese vendors, and without too much
worry from Elecraft or Flex Radio.
Just identifying a niche that needs to be filled. - Duffey
--
KK6MC
James Duffey
Cedar Crest NM
But it needs a state of the art receiver. A VHF receiver with a 10 dB NF
was state of the art at the beginning of UHF TV, not today.
73, Jerry, K0CQ
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