[TenTec] Omni VI+, VII, or Orion for next rig. Can't decide

[Glenn AE0Q]

I think it would matter if not for the "wet-ware" CW processor between my
ears.  CW signals of different speeds, or slightly different tones, are
easy to discriminate in my head.

Glenn AE0Q

On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 6:58 PM, Richards <jruing at ameritech.net> wrote:

> Serious novice question:
>
> Does all this close-in-third-order-intercept / up-conversion stuff
> matter more to CW than to SSB ?
>
> Seems to me it would because of the narrow bandwidth you are using with
> CW.  I mean, if a guy crowds you on SSB, you narrow your filters, shift
> the band pass, play with the notch, and all that jazz... but on SSB you
> have some room to move, some bandwidth to give up as you notch a tone
> out or shift away from the offending signal overlapping your intended
> range.... but on CW, you are already narrowed down and have nowhere to
> go, so either the rig discriminates, or it does not, and if not, there
> there is no more room to move, and... I suppose... therein lies the rub.
>
> Does this make sense?
>
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