[TenTec] Omni V vs. TS850

[Duane Calvin]

John,
	I've seen IC-765's for ~$850 or so.  Pretty reasonable for a fairly
nice radio.  I owned one before my Omni VI+.  I like the VI+ much better, of
course.  I'd guess the 850 would be a close competitor, maybe even better.
One of the big contesters in this area uses the 850's as contest radios and
have a number of them at his  multi/multi shack.

	73, Duane

Duane Calvin, AC5AA
Austin, Texas
www.ac5aa.com  
 

-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
On Behalf Of John Geiger
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 8:30 PM
To: tentec at contesting.com; cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: [TenTec] Omni V vs. TS850

I may be in the market soon for an older (1990s)
contest quality rig, and wonder how the Kenwood TS850
compares to the Ten Tec Omni V overall.  Anyone have a
chance to compare these 2?  

The QST review for the Omni V put it, the TS850, the
Yaesu FT990, and the Icom 765 at the same level.  I
hear that the FT990 has a crucial part no longer
supported by Yaesu, and the Icom 765 seems to go for
more than these others, which is why I am looking at
either the Kenwood or Ten Tec.  

I had a TS850 briefly in the past and loved it.  I
really like the fact that it has a built in memory
keyer, and voice keyer option, and is smaller than the
Onmi 5, but how do the 2 really compare
performancewise?

73s John W5TD




 
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