[CQ-Contest] $1000 receiver performance

[VR2BrettGraham]

K3BU added:

> >>Perhaps built on Friday afternoon?  Interesting to see these one-off
>exceptions to comments posted here on a number of radios.<<
>
>More like unfinished designs by Ten-Tec. N1EU tried to fix all the problems
>with insufficient bypassing, etc. info on his web site
>http://n1eu.tripod.com/Mods/Omni6_mod.htm
>http://n1eu.tripod.com/Mods/birdiesmod.htm
>http://n1eu.tripod.com/Mods/omni_keying.htm
>
>Orion is blessed and cursed for the same reason.

That's unfortunate.  I liked the OMNI-VI's divided-down-from-VHF
VFO, crystal LOs & approach to SWR protection (limit current).
How mine was bought back & no interest in fixing it (to extent
of claiming inability to reproduce DSP problem) - makes me
wonder now that I have seen this.

Otherwise, did one board swap before that I think & found
support to be good (especially important from DX side).

But EMC reminded me of fixing some cost-down nightmare
from previous life doing consumer electronics up in BY-land.
Guess must save money somewhere to be able to not have
to make entire cabinet of less expensive steel.  Something
not right if one has to add shunt cap & series inductance
to rear panel spiquets & isolation transformer on mic in
order to use radio in same environment where Yaecomwoods
don't even blink.

Oh well - again, very interesting to see variation in experience
from comments posted here... such as 850-vs-870 as noted
by W6WRT.

73, 9M6BrettGraham