(in an attempt to unhijack the thread)
Steve, I think it's a great idea. Alternate solution would be
redesign/modenization of individual circuit boards that could be done as a
community project for all those Corsairs out there. The if/af board would
be a prime target.
73, Barry N1EU
On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 12:44 PM, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP <Rick@dj0ip.de> wrote:
> Most of the time, when I'm tuning the bands I have my eyes closed.
> Otherwise I just put a brown paper bag over the Eagle and get on with it!
> ;-)
>
> 73 - Rick, DJ0IP
> (Nr. Frankfurt am Main)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Martin
> Sole
> (HS0ZED)
> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2014 2:27 PM
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Modern version of the Tec Tec Corsair - please Ten
> Tec!
>
> You're right indeed!
>
> Now 11 deg N and 100 deg E is a place where the band conditions rarely
> exceed those of the 60's so my KWM2A still holds up well most of the time
> though I wouldn't use it in a pile up for a new one or a contest, for sure
> you then see it fall flat on it's 50's designed faceplate. As to the
> filter,
> again, no good in EU today but in the right environment it still has a
> certain something. Hard to put the finger on.
>
> I never liked the look of the Eagle. Great performer though it no doubt is.
> Put it in a bigger box with a Collins S line style front panel with more
> knobs and I'd probably buy a dozen, heat not required!
>
> Martin, HS0ZED
>
>
>
> On 02/10/2014 14:42, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP wrote:
> > As nice as its audio was, the KWM-2 would not be very good with
> > today's crowded bands.
> > The famous "Collins mechanical filter" was not really very good by
> > today's standards.
> > A 4-pole crystal filter on 455 kHz is as good or better and of course
> > you can buy 6 or 8 pole filters now.
> > And the DSP filters on lower frequencies are even better, sharper, and
> > have steeper skirts.
> >
> > As long as we're dreaming, I wish I had 1960's band conditions again!
> >
> > All things considered, it's hard to beat the Corsair with its
> > combination of good audio and good crystal filters.
> > Newer radios have better filters but worse audio.
> >
> > For my money, the best compromise is the Eagle.
> >
> > 73 - Rick, DJ0IP
> > (Nr. Frankfurt am Main)
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> > Martin Sole
> > (HS0ZED)
> > Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2014 11:37 AM
> > To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> > Subject: Re: [TenTec] Modern version of the Tec Tec Corsair - please
> > Ten Tec!
> >
> > I've long liked the analogue radio sound. So far my all time fave,
> > just for the audio, is a KWM2 with that big 6x4 speaker, something
> > about that warm sound seems magical. Next up from my current radios
> > would be my Omni V. Not sure how that might differ from the Corsair
> > but whilst generally pleasant it's not in the KWM2 league. Then the
> > Orion 565 and Elecraft K3, bit of a mixed bag these two as they are
> > both very variable but I've not yet been able to recreate the analogue
> > sound. I might need to experiment with amplifiers right at the point
> > the signal becomes analogue. A god analogue audio amp with LTP input
> > and complementary pair output in discrete silicon feeding a big speaker,
> might sound very different.
> >
> > The TS940 had good audio too but for me about the same as the Omni V
> >
> > Martin, HS0ZED
> >
> >
> > On 02/10/2014 12:03, Barry N1EU wrote:
> >> On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 5:12 PM, John Farler <k4avx1@windstream.net>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I have a Corsair II with the DDS VFO, which works nicely. I think
> >>> it's a single conversion though.
> >> Normally it converts to 9MHz, then to 6.3MHz, and then back to 9MHz,
> >> unless you bypass the 6.3MHz PBT i.f. which can be done fairly easily
> >> but you lose PBT and narrow filters and don't gain much.
> >>
> >> I agree on the CAT comment. I always dreamed of adding a CAT port to
> >> the DDS cpu firmware.
> >>
> >> 73, Barry N1EU
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