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Re: [TenTec] Omni VI+ the best and other great radios

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni VI+ the best and other great radios
From: "Dr. Gerald N. Johnson" <geraldj@weather.net>
Reply-to: geraldj@weather.net, Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:21:34 -0600
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On Sat, 2010-01-30 at 08:52 -0500, Bwana Bob wrote:
> Is anyone running a Timewave DSP-599 with a Paragon? Between the poor 
> propagation and high noise level here from multiple sources, I'm 
> thinking of adding one to my station.
> 
>       
>                               73,
> 
>                               Bob WB2VUF
> 
I have a DSP-599. The 599zx is different and may work better. The 599
does a great job of adding selectivity, though you run a risk of strong
signals outside its passband running the receiver AVC and so chopping up
the signal you want to copy. That's always a problem with selectivity
after AVC. The 599 does have a automatic leveling function that works
decently. 

As for noise reduction, I've never found it to dig a signal out of the
noise that I couldn't detect without it, but the noise reduction does
increase the S/N of signals that I can barely detect without the 599 in
use.

73, Jerry, K0CQ

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