[TenTec] paragon or paragon II - what would you choose?

[Kevin Purcell]

Could you elaborate on that, Bob?

Is the Paragon II phase noise much lower than the Paragon?

The ARRL only reviewed the Paragon (not the P II) and it was the  
first review for which they measured phase noise!

They pointed out the initial results weren't that good but a change  
(to the 723 voltage regulator) improved the further out noise but  
made the close in noise worse. But this fix was made to production  
Paragons and offered as a fix to owners. The device under test was  
serial 084 so pretty early in the run.

On Oct 3, 2007, at 6:53 PM, Bob McGraw - K4TAX wrote:

> Paragon II.
>
> Much nicer radio, easier to computer control and not plagued with  
> the PLL
> concerns.

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Kevin Purcell
kevinpurcell at pobox.com