[TenTec] A/B rig testing

[Barry N1EU]

I had some conversations a few years back with Inrad about installing their
roofing filter kit in the Corsair 2 but couldn't pin them down on precisely
where in the front end it should go.  Has anybody successfully done the
installation in a Corsair?

73,
Barry N1EU


On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 8:11 PM, GARY HUBER <glhuber at msn.com> wrote:

> There's a reason I keep my CORSAIR-II with its external VFO operating
> daily; its an excellent radio and it compares favorably to more modern
> radios from TenTec as demonstrated in Sherwood Engineering Receiver Test
> Data <http://www.sherweng.com/**table.html<http://www.sherweng.com/table.html>>
> as having a 79 dB  Dynamic Range narrow spaced.   With its PTO tuning and
> analog circuits,  there are neither digital artifacts or clipped audio to
> confuse the ear or brain.
>
> The Corsair-II has possibly, the best receiver ever built by TenTec; from
> what I've read it has circuits which were covered by ANZAC patents... "The
> bipolar RF (and first IF) stage uses transformer feedback with a three
> winding transformer. Its a circuit developed for the output stages of cable
> TV distribution amplifiers where acceptable intermod is 70 dB down and in
> Ulrich Rohde's book on receiver design he sees nothing close to having its
> performance."
>
> 73 ES DX,
> Gary -- AB9M
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Paul DeWitte
> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 11:46 AM
>
> To: tentec at contesting.com
> Subject: [TenTec] A/B rig testing
>
> I did a little bit of A/B/C testing on 160M with my Omni VII, Peg's Eagle,
> and my Corsair II. I am not happy with the results.
>
> I was listening to Bernie W3UR down in J7 on a beverage. I just hooked the
> same coax to each rig, so it was a few seconds between each one. He was not
> always solid copy on the Omni VII, but was Q5 on the Corsair II.
>
> The winner was the reverse order that I have listed above. The Corsair was
> maybe 3DB better than the Omni VII, but that can make the difference
> between
> hearing someone and not hearing them.The Eagle was in between.
>
> Has anyone else done this? The Omni VII is a very good radio, but just not
> the best low band one.
>
> 73 Paul K9OT
>
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