[TenTec] Station / C-21

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At 04:30 PM 11/6/05, Mike Bryce wrote:
>you got to be kidding...

Nope

>  a century 21 for a new ham..  that direct
>conversion scheme will make a quick migraine for any new ham on the cw
>bands...

As a beginner I spent 3 years with a Hallicrafters S-19R, wide as a barn 
and full of images...  learned a lot about MENTAL selectivity at that time, 
which is a valuable asset to have.  :-)  The direct conversion RX is much 
cleaner (with no +910 kHz images) and the RIT allows listening to the other 
side of zero beat to evade some QRM.  I would have been "in heaven" as a 
young ham if I had had a C-21.

Not mentioned previously was "maintenance."  The C-21 is so simple... 
minimum alignment, small parts count, less to go wrong....

Currently, I have a C-21 parked on 3577 for the nightly Buckeye TFC net.
(so I put my money where my mouth is...) :-)
My Corsair II and Paragon are for general ham and MARS work.

You know the syndrome here.... a separate rig for each freq and mode!  :-)

>would be much better off with a triton 4 or argosy or even a omni a, b,
>or c

Cost was a factor, he said.......

Perry