[TenTec] Looking backward?

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Rick
You're not giving up any modes for a roofing filter. Everything still 
works as it always did. The Omni VI never had AM anyway. FM still uses 
the wide filter.
Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: "NJ0IP" <Rick at DJ0IP.de>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 13:54:10 -0800
Subject: RE: [TenTec] Looking backward?

> John,
> 
> I don't see it that way at all.
> I think we're a long ways away from having a purely digital radio.
> For the next several years to come we will have hybrid radios combining
> the
> advantages of analog and digital technologies.  Just because we improve
> the
> analog portion of the radio doesn't mean we're taking a step backwards.
> 
> Installing the INRAD roofing filter is a compromise, not just an
> improvement.
> You are giving up two modes (AM & FM) so that other modes (e.g., SSB,
> CW,
> digital) will be improved.  Ten-Tec could have installed a narrower
> filter
> by design, but my guess is that the bulk of the people then and still
> today
> prefer to have two extra modes at the cost of some performance.
> 
> And we, being hams, are always looking to optimize our rigs to suit our
> individual needs.  INRAD is helping many of us (e.g., dxers and
> contesters,
> etc.) to do that.  It's progress, John, not a step backwards.
> 
> (of course that's just my humble opinion)
> 
> 73
> Rick
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
> On Behalf Of John Rippey
> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 5:00 AM
> To: tentec at contesting.com
> Subject: [TenTec] Looking backward?
> 
> Even as I am considering getting the new INRAD "roofing" filter setup
> for 
> my OMNI VI, I can't help wondering: doesn't this improvement represent
> a 
> step backward in terms of technology? Adding analog filters on top of 
> analog filters as a compensation for shortcomings in various rigs seems
> to 
> me to be an odd way of moving forward. But it sure is cheaper than
> buying 
> new technology :-)
> 
> 73,
> John, W3ULS
> 
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