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

[James Duffer]

X for Xtal controlled, C for chirpy, I think that is pretty common 
knowledge.



>From: Martin Ewing <martin at aa6e.net>
>Reply-To: tentec at contesting.com
>To: tentec at contesting.com, jfarler at peoplepc.com
>Subject: Re: [TenTec] Ten Tec Omni D, Why so quiet ?
>Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 12:47:49 -0500
>
>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:
>>
>>.............
>>
>>>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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