[TenTec] 10 Meter Birdies-One Man's Opinion

[Steve Narducci]

At 06:15 PM 7/15/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi Everyone,
>
>Just a short response on the "birdies on 10 meters" issue.
>
>Over 18 years I have listened to a lot of ham receivers.  Some good and
>some not so good. Most present some form of compromise to the user. I
>have yet to find the "perfect rig" and would probably have to spend much
>more than today's top end ham rigs cost even if one existed.
>
>So one has to decide what is most important.  To me I'll happily
>tolerate some 10 meter birdies for the benefit of overall superior
>receiver performance that TenTec rigs bring and at a competitve price.
>Birdies become tolerable after you experience close in receiver phase
>noise or hissy audio amplifier circuits experienced in some of the
>recent top-end Japanese rigs.
>
>TenTec rigs are not perfect and there are some things that I would like
>to see changed and improved.  But for my preferences, they bring the
>best performance for the best price...value ... to this ham's needs.
>
>Just my two cents.
>
>73 fer nw de N1LQ-Dave
>
After 19 years of using Ten Tec's, I cannot recall one time of being
"bothered"
by a 10 meter birdie.  Come'on guys this is trivial!!
.....cw forever....TT forever.....Steve....NW9G


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