[TenTec] Omni VI+ upgrade at Dayton

[Bill Tippett]

K8DIT wrote:
 >Well, the first day of Hamvention '04 is in the can. Now, will someone
reveal the nature of this promised upgrade, and who is behind it?

         Patience.  I don't believe it is ready yet, but there is a
very strong hint below.  In my opinion this was one of the most
significant announcements at Dayton and it should have a very
strong  impact on sales of newer radios, at least for those of us
interested in actual receiver performance.

                                 73,  Bill  W4ZV

http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/1000mp/2004-May/015577.html


At 11:24 PM 5/15/2004, you wrote:
 >I rather doubt there will be a decrease in value:
 >
 >Also at Dayton, INRAD have introduced a narrow roofing filter
 >for the FT-1000MP, MKV & Field.  Filter is 4 KHz wide and
 >provides the following IMD specs:
 >
 >             Signal spacing      Dynamic Range
 >                  10 KHz            107   dB
 >                   5 KHz            100.5 dB
 >                   3 KHz             97.5 dB
 >
 >This compares to IMD numbers previously in the 75-80 dB range
 >for signal spacing less than ca. 20 KHz.
 >
 >$165 list price for the roofing filter ... I suspect many may
 >opt for it rather than spend $13K for a FTdx-9000!
 >

Darned right -- if it is as good as advertised, I'll be one of the first in
the queue.  George W2VJN has spent at least 2 years looking for the right
filter to do this job at 70 MHz -- I talked with him last year about it,
and he was sorta pessimistic.  Well done, Inrad!


73, Pete N4ZR