[TenTec] cw rcvr fundamentals

[Frank Brady]

Greetings again TenTecers.

Every time I QSO an Omni 5 or six user I ask as many questions as possible 
about the CW operating differences between the two rigs.  The last one told 
me his 5 was just as good as the 6+ he has now and he would never have let 
the 5 go if it hadn't developed a processor problem that TenTec could not 
fix due to discontinued mfr of that chip.

Does that sound reasonable that a rig "can't be fixed"?

He felt the same way, but he has since come to believe that a replacement 
processor could have fixed the 5 but it would have affected the filters 
(somehow matched to the processor part?) and it may have been a nasty job.

Is this a low level example of the same parts life problem that spawned the 
O2 ?

What's a guy to do - stick with an S38 and build up a supply of tubes?

Frank W0ECS