[TenTec] New Rig....

Gary Hoffman ghoffman at spacetech.com
Wed Jul 9 12:40:03 EDT 2008


The Corsair is a fine radio.  I have one.

But as a contester, I am constrained to point out it has nothing like the
front end selectivity of the latest units.

So those (Orion, perhaps the "VII") would be my preference.

73 de Gary, AA2IZ


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Notarius W3WN" <wn3vaw at verizon.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 9:08 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] New Rig....


> True, but remember that the Corsairs in many ways represent the "last" of
> their breed.
>
> I'm by no means putting down bells and whistles, but the bottom line to me
> is what I see when I put the rig on the air side by side with a comparable
> rig and see which sounds better, and which gets better reports.  And in my
> experience doing so, more often than not, the Corsairs are equal to or
> better than the vast majority of the rigs built since them.
>
> But, of course, that is IMHO.  YMMV.  VWPBL(STn)
>
> 73
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Tony Berg
> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 7:34 PM
> To: ChasW3KC; Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] New Rig....
>
>
> Most of the comments seem to center on a CW rig's receive
> characteristics. I like the Omni VII particularly for its freedom from
> transmitted chirp and clicks and for its adjustable rise/fall time.
>
> 73, Tony
>
> On 7/8/08, ChasW3KC <w3kc at verizon.net> wrote:
> > The Corsair gets the nod here.  Teamed with the remote 263
> > VFO (with the RAB function) it is really nice in pileups.
> > For casual operating I like the Corsair too- the receive
> > audio is such a pleasure to listen to.
> > The Century 21 (a fun little cw radio) receive audio is also
> > very nice to listen to.
> > 73 Chas W3KC
> >
> > Gary posted:
> >> Corsair II gets my vote for the best CW rig for chasing
> >> DX.
> >
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