[TenTec] For Ci Jones, WU7R

[Mike Hyder -N4NT-]

Hi Lee,

I'm pushing nothing.  My suggestion is that folks consider what they need a 
radio to do.  If I can operate to my satisfaction with a radio I can buy for 
$300, then I'd be a fool to spend over $3000.  But there are people who 
actually need the more expensive radio.  Just as Ten-Tec will sell you an 
Orion with a money-back guarantee, you can buy an older rig on the reflector 
and use it long enough to see if it suits you then resell it if it doesn't. 
I will caution you that you will not sell a Ten-Tec rig but will accumulate 
them because they are all so lovable it's impossible to decide which to get 
rid of.

About SSB on the Omni-C, its receiver sounds very quiet and smooth -- great 
audio to my ears.  I have worked SSB perhaps a total of two hours in the 
past 15 or 20 years -- mostly talking with people that I already know.  I 
use an Astatic D-104 with no amplifier in it.  With that setup, I've gotten 
great audio reports and people who know me say it sounds just like I do in 
person.  I hold the microphone so that it touches my cheek and talk across 
the front of it, not directly at it.

73,
Mike N4NT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Kc9cdt at aol.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 3:50 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] For Ci Jones, WU7R


> Mike,
> I don't run ant CW, ALL SSB, do you stil think the Omni-C is the way to 
> go?
> Lee, KC9CDT