[TenTec] Ten Tec Omni D, Why so quiet ?

[Martin Ewing]

I hope nobody would defend poor signals today.  But I've been around long enough 
to remember lots of drifty, chirpy, over-modulated signals from non-digital 
"good old rigs".

Have you ever given out an RST 596C or 599X report?  Do you know why the "T" 
part is there?  What "C" or "X" means? :-)

Still, I agree that older, less "hot" rigs (like my TS-520S) were easier on the 
ears - if there was not much QRM.  There is serenity in gentle bandpass filters 
and deafness.

73 Martin AA6E

> Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 10:45:07 -0500
> From: John Farler <jfarler at peoplepc.com>
> 
> Mike has described what my non-technical mind calls
> "digital hamburger," the product of so many modern 
> rigs, as compared to older, cleaner (?) rigs...
> Sure tires one out to listen, even though the rigs
> are superior in all specs....
> 
> K4AVX
> 
> 
> 
>>Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 23:15:05 -0500
>>From: "Mike Hyder  --N4NT--" <N4NT_Mike.Hyder at charter.net>
>>To: <tentec at contesting.com>
>>Subject: Re: [TenTec] Ten Tec Omni D, Why so quiet ?
>>Message-ID: <002b01c3f768$1e81ac20$07fea8c0 at radiodesktop>
>>References: 
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>>In a rush to keep up with "modern technology" equipment manufacturers =
>>had to move toward synthesized, general coverage receivers.  There was a =
>>trade-off with this in the increased noise introduced into the receive =
>>(and transmit) path. 
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