My first Ten-Tec was a Corsair II purchased new. Prior to the Corsair I had an
Icom 701 with
which I was not at all happy. It had intermittent failure in the VFO from
early on. Sent back to
Icom for repair twice. No luck. Icom's answer was to buy a new rig......I
did.....the Corsair II.
I thought at the time it was a BIG step backward. Turned out to be one of the
best purchases
I ever made!
When I turned the Corsair on for the first time and did some preliminary
testing and set-up I
thought for sure the rig was broken. When I keyed it I heard CW sidetone ok
but with the key
up I instantly heard band noise and nothing else. I got the impression it was
not going into
transmit mode. It was operating fine. Welcome to Ten Tec QSK! Took me a year
or so to
become accustomed to QSK but now cannot imagine operating any other way.
Still have that radio and a few other TT's as well. My daily driver is a
Pegasus/N4PY/RX320
combo though which is nearly perfect for my present operating style but I still
use the Corsair
from time to time. In fact, it is on line as I type this.
73,
-Lee-
WA3FIY
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