[TenTec] 6N2 observations

[Scott Harwood]

Agreed, but I live in a fringe area (50-60 mi. from repeaters), so rather than invest in beam/rotator, I opted for the preamp/amp solution.  Of course one could use one's ricebox, but I prefer the Ten-Tec.
73
Scott K4\vwk
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Dr. Gerald N. Johnson" <geraldj at storm.weather.net>
Reply-To: geraldj at storm.weather.net,Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec at contesting.com>
Date:  Fri, 07 Jul 2006 10:59:15 -0500

>On Fri, 2006-07-07 at 07:46 -0400, Scott Harwood wrote:
>> I recently acquired a 6N2 and agree with your observations, but I also noted that the receiver sensitivity on two meters was  low compared to my other ricebox receivers.  I sent it back to Ten-Tec for alignment.  They returned the rig saying the rx sensitivity was within specs.  I now use it with a Mirage preamp/amplifier and am very happy with the little rig.
>> 
>> Scott K4VWK
>
>The 6N2 should have a quiet receiver. Its MDS specification is 10 dB
>poorer than a rice box on 2m and 2m rice boxes are at least 10 dB poorer
>than 2m atmospheric noise in mid USA and more than 10 dB poorer than the
>2m receiver state of the art for sensitivity. Of course that makes it
>easier to stand strong signals, and adding external broadly tuned
>preamps makes it a whole lot more susceptible to out of band strong
>signals like pagers and repeaters.
>
>
>-- 
>73, Jerry, K0CQ,
>All content copyright Dr. Gerald N. Johnson, electrical engineer
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