[TenTec] Corsair II AGC circuit

[Don Rasmussen]

Re: [TenTec] Corsair II AGC circuit
from [Steve Hunt] [Permanent Link][Original] 

Amazing - great work Steve. However it complicates things.

It has been easy in the past drawing a line between the bandswitch + PTO based Ten Tec transceivers and the trend that began with OMNI 5 / Paragon. There was a substantial gap in concept - a Corsair would never be as agile as OMNI 5 / Paragon, and OMNI 5 / Paragon would never be as "pure" as a Corsair. 

Putting the AGC mod you have suggested in OMNI 6 or installing DDS w/memories and split in the Corsair II is blurring the lines of identity, closing the gap - in a good way, of course. 

There is so much you can do, all the way up to the point where the radio is software defined. There would be plenty to do there as well, but the manufacturers are not prone to making the source "open" like the hard parts info. I am not sure what the difference is from their perspective. 


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Subject:  Re: [TenTec] Corsair II AGC circuit 
From:  Steve Hunt <steve at karinya.net> 
Reply-to:  Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec at contesting.com> 
Date:  Sat, 23 Apr 2011 16:51:22 +0100 
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I agree - and that's why I've tried to replicate it on my OmniVI:
http://www.karinya.net/g3txq/hang_agc/

73,
Steve G3TXQ