[TenTec] Receivability

[Mike Hyder -N4NT-]

Hi, Al--

I find the same thing on CW.  Audio with very low distortion makes my ears
better able to sort things out.  For that reason, I prefer the older radios
like the Triton, old Omni's and 580 Delta to newer ones.  I even like using
those older rigs better than my Corsair II.  In addition, I can listen to
one of the older rigs for hours without becoming tired.

But I have not owned an Omni V or VI, so my comparisons are only with a
couple of Japanese rigs.  I did listen to a friend's Omni V and thought it
had good audio, but I've never even seen an Omni VI.

Based on my experiences over the years, I find that the clarity of the audio
is more important to me than the selectivity of the radio is.  Apparently
many folks feel they need very narrow filters but I usually prefer to use
just the audio CW filters in the rigs.

73, Mike N4NT

----- Original Message -----
From: "Scanandoah, Alan" <ascanand@harris.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 9:25 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Receivability


Over the weekend, I handed out a few random points for CQWW.  Not being much
of
an SSB op, I found the wall-to-wall cacophony to be difficult to deal with.

This prompted me to do some A/B checks to see if one rig could hear better
than
another; I compared my Omni V to my Omni A.  Surprisingly, even though the
Omni
A is lacking in the IF selectivity department, I found it much easier to
pick
out signals.  The overall product at the speaker just seemed to be much more
readable.

Has anyone else had similar experiences?

73 - Al, K2ZN