[TenTec] Disparaging Corsairs, Pro II, etc hi hi

[Mark Rauchfuss]

Tim,

I have several Corsair IIs an Omni-B and two Omni-Ds as well as an
Argonaut 509 (with many "QRP Quarterly" mods care of Steve Russel). I
have owned many, many rigs over the past 30 years (since days of WN3NMV)
and I feel that the Omni-C and Corsair II are amongst the finest CW rigs
ever produced. I also give high marks to the R-4C/T-4XC , TR-4CW/RIT and
75S-3/B/C + 32S/A stations. 

For a QRP rig, I also like the FT-817, especially if you know how to
set-up the passband tuning (there is an non-documented set-up which I
accidently discovered while interacting with the rig that) makes it
very, very effective in pile-ups.

I don't know anything about Kenmore rigs, but how can anyone say that
the Corsair II is junk? Such a statement is just unfounded rubbish.

Mark,
KB8GKZ

-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of tlogan7 at cox.net
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 4:49 PM
To: tentec reflector
Subject: [TenTec] Disparaging Corsairs, Pro II, etc hi hi

Hi folks -
  Yesterday, after posting a note about buying a Corsair II and my
potential
on the-air comparison with my Icom 756 Pro II, I was surprized to get a
number of unsolicited direct emails which explained to me, in short,
that
neither the Pro II nor the Corsair II were really worth beans for the cw
enthusiast. I was a little taken aback that people feel the need to do
this
hi hi, but in the emails there was more than once a reference to Kenwood
having at one time made the best cw rigs ever made. I cannot remember
which
models were referred to - the 830 or 850 maybe? Anyway, I would enjoy
hearing from anyone about the Kenwoods and what you think....and how
they
may have compared to Ten Tecs of the same vintage. I've never been
around
the older Kenwoods and it would be interesting to know more. Thanks
folks!
73/Tim NZ7C


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