[TenTec] (no subject)

[Bob McGraw - K4TAX]

Wasn't one of the limited edition D-104 gold plated mikes called Double 
Eagle?

73
Bob, K4TAX


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Toby Pennington" <w4cakk at centurylink.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 7:29 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] (no subject)


>
> What about calling it The Double Eagle   Toby K4NH
>
> On 5/7/2014 1:51 AM, K8JHR wrote:
>> Hmmm ...  OK, thanks for the uptake.   Of course, it would never be as 
>> simple as all that!
>>
>> I will have to read more about it because my friend did not mention such 
>> distinctions and details, and left me with the impression the big screen 
>> was pretty much just the little one writ large.  He gave me an 
>> instruction book written by a third party ham (not an Elecraft employee) 
>> which appears to explain the the rig in great detail, so I will research 
>> these things more closely.
>>
>> As for TenTec...  my wish list is simple:
>>
>> Update the Omni VII with a second receiver, and with both receivers based 
>> on the newer Eagle-RS366-Argonaut platform. Include an appropriate RF or 
>> IF or whatever output would enable a large screen spectrum scope - and 
>> while I appreciate the comments it should not run on the main computer, I 
>> would not mind if it did, as I can always get a second computer screen 
>> (one can, of course, have multiple screens on a single computer these 
>> days...) - and I would like to see it have a new 5o v,  200 w PA (like 
>> Rich DJ0IP calls for) - and it would have diversity sound in the 
>> earphones like the Orion II does - and dual speaker outputs (er, like a 
>> stereo speaker output),  and  have both USB and Serial ports - improve 
>> AGC and NR - give it a facelift and call it the Omni 8 - and sell loads 
>> of 'em.   The large screen spectrum scope would either update constantly 
>> like ICOM rigs or the Orion II and one could tune the rig with a mouse on 
>> the screen.
>>
>> But - skip the outboard panadapter box, and pump data right to a computer 
>> screen or to a computer with a large screen the way a Flex radio does. 
>> All that would get me to part with some of my hard earned brass.
>>
>> Thanks for the uptake... back to the books to read what my friend forgot 
>> to tell me!
>>
>> -------------------  K8JHR  -----------------------
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