[TenTec] re: Receiver comparison chart on website

[Bob & Linda McGraw K4TAX]

While the K2 looks attractive in many ways, has anyone built a kit of
this complexity lately?  And made it work?  If I recall, this is a 12
watt TX radio too.  Wonder how that would fair in a pile-up on 14.195. 
I guess if one had 8 x 4 ele 20M monobanders stacked it would do very
well. :-)

73
Bob K4TAX

Avila Edward wrote:
> 
> Mark, good points.......big difference between Omni and K2 is price!!! I'm a
> Ten Tec fan (Corsair II and Scout) but would seriously consider selling off
> all that for a K2 but the lack of power stops me since I'm not into QRp and
> try slugging it out with the Big Guns chasing Dx....HI......./k6sdw
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Adams, P.E. [mailto:k2qo@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 9:20 AM
> To: n1eu@hotmail.com; tentec@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] re: Reciever comparison chart on website
> 
> Barry and gang,
> 
> I think that W8JI has compared the K2 and Omni 6+ on 160M. At any rate, I
> email chatted with W1RFI who heads up the ARRL lab. He says that the devil
> is in the details of the test, not the text of the tests as printed in the
> Journal. If you look at the graphs in the extended product reviews at
> www.ARRL.net, you really SEE how the rigs compare.
> 
> Recently, I picked up a used Omni 6, upgrade 3. To make that decision, I
> thoroughly reviewed the extended reviews of the IC746, Omni 6, TS570, FT920
> and the K2. It was VERY clear to me that the TT and K2 were head and
> shoulders above the other radios in terms of RX performance. While some of
> the K2's #'s were SLIGHTLY better than the Omni's, one must factor the extra
> 
> features of the Omni due to its being double conversion. I absolutely wanted
> 
> the notch filter, so the K2 was out. Also, I am an ardent QRPer, but once in
> 
> a while I like to ragchew with the DX on SSB :-)
> 
> That said, I have used a friends K2 quite a bit and really love it. It is a
> phenomenal product to be sure, and the auto-internal tuner is mindboggling!
> 
> Your mileage may vary....
> 
> 72,
> Mark K2QO
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