[TenTec] Back in the Ten Tec Family

[Mike Hyder -N4NT-]

having fought several battles with noise, i made a list of things i've found
over the years.  hope it helps somebody.  it's at
http://www.qsl.net/n4tn/noise.html

73, Mike N4NT

----- Original Message -----
From: <Ynkedragon at aol.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Back in the Ten Tec Family


> In a message dated 06/02/2003 18:32:28 Eastern Daylight Time,
> k5uj at hotmail.com writes:
>
> << The Corsair II is a great rig, especially for CW in my opinion, but it
> sure
>  can be terrific on phone too.  If it does not already come equipped, I
>  recommend getting the two optional xtal IF filter slots filled.  I use
the
>  TT 250 hz and 1.8 Khz filters. >>
> While I liked the standard T-T 2.4 KHz & 500 Hz filters, I can't say the
same
> about the 250 Hz and 1.8 KHz.  I had both in my Corsair II but ended up
using
> them almost never.  Both were very, very narrow and seemed to have a fair
> amount of loss.  The 1.8 filter degraded speech intelligibility.  Instead,
for
> something a bit tighter than "stock" I'd look at the INRAD 2.1 KHz and 350
or
> 400 Hz filters.
>
> And, yes, the Corsair II is a magnificent CW radio.  Sold it only after
power
> line problems in the neighborhood gave me a multi-year, S9+30 line noise
> problem, but that's a story for another day.
>
>
> 73, Blair k3yd
>
>
>
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