[TenTec] Modern version of the Tec Tec Corsair - please Ten Tec!

Thu Oct 2 13:49:11 EDT 2014

*Hello Rick,*
*                       Over the last several years, I have found real
respect for your Facts and Opinion. Could you please expand and explain. I
know that in Europe, you have a whole different bunch of problems from
Broadcast Stations but, can you explain just what feature... IF,
Selectivity or other, where the Paragon falls short? Would a Band Pass
filter help? I call 4 to 7 HF Nets a week on 80/75 Meters. With the RF Gain
backed off (( like we ran our Corsair )) and the 1.8 KHZ Filter selected,
even with Loads of QRM, we can still hear stations that others miss. Even
to the point that other NCS stations always ask me to relay weak signals
into the Net. When they know I am on frequency that is. Of course they are
running mostly KenYaeCom Rigs. My antenna is nothing special. 126 feet of
Flat Top Dipole with Windows ( 450 ohm ) Line into the tuner. A real Cloud
Burner (( NVIS )) at about 30 feet high. While I have your attention Rick,
Thanks for answering my many questions that we would have ask, if others
had not ask first. Do you wear a Solid Blue Shirt with a Big Yellow S on
the front?? Do you get your Cape caught in Car Doors? Well. I believe that
you do. Do they still have Phone Booths for the quick wardrobe changes in
Germany? *

*                                                 Thanks Rick 73 from
Wade/KJ4WS*

On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP <Rick at dj0ip.de> wrote:

> Come to Europe Wade, you'll learn the difference (in favor of the
> Corsairs).
> Upward conversion struggles here.
>
> 73 - Rick, DJ0IP
> (Nr. Frankfurt am Main)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Wade
> Staggs
> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2014 6:15 PM
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Modern version of the Tec Tec Corsair - please Ten
> Tec!
>
> *Good Morning,*
> *                               While the Corsair and Corsair II are fine
> radio's. If you really want to split hairs, my Paragon ( 585 ) has
> everything they have, plus very accurate ( no drift at all ) frequency
> control.  Don't believe me? Just find someone who owns one and sit down in
> front of the rig. Now engage the 20 Db. pad and turn the RF Gain back just
> a
> little bit. ( this is on the low bands ) It just seems like a different
> world. And while I am posting. Why did the Paragon and Paragon II have
> relatively short production runs? I know about the Dreaded ... PLL Out of
> Lock ... problem with the 585 but once fixed, they are such Great Radio's.
> Mine was acquired while broken but a thorough re-work of the Major and
> Minor
> Loop Boards has turned it into a real Keeper. Almost 6 years now with no
> failures or issues of any kind. Although about 6 months back we did replace
> all capacitors in the PA enclosure. So, in summary, has anyone used a
> Paragon ( 585 ) lately ? ? ? And who wants to trade their broken one for
> something else?  All input about the Paragons receiver appreciated.........
> The Transmitter is Awesome also.*
>
> *
>          73 from Wade/KJ4WS*
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 6:42 AM, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP <Rick at dj0ip.de>
> wrote:
>
> > As nice as its audio was, the KWM-2 would not be very good with
> > today's crowded bands.
> > The famous "Collins mechanical filter" was not really very good by
> > today's standards.
> > A 4-pole crystal filter on 455 kHz is as good or better and of course
> > you can buy 6 or 8 pole filters now.
> > And the DSP filters on lower frequencies are even better, sharper, and
> > have steeper skirts.
> >
> > As long as we're dreaming, I wish I had 1960's band conditions again!
> >
> > All things considered, it's hard to beat the Corsair with its
> > combination of good audio and good crystal filters.
> > Newer radios have better filters but worse audio.
> >
> > For my money, the best compromise is the Eagle.
> >
> > 73 - Rick, DJ0IP
> > (Nr. Frankfurt am Main)
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> > Martin Sole
> > (HS0ZED)
> > Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2014 11:37 AM
> > To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> > Subject: Re: [TenTec] Modern version of the Tec Tec Corsair - please
> > Ten Tec!
> >
> > I've long liked the analogue radio sound. So far my all time fave,
> > just for the audio, is a KWM2 with that big 6x4 speaker, something
> > about that warm sound seems magical. Next up from my current radios
> > would be my Omni V. Not sure how that might differ from the Corsair
> > but whilst generally pleasant it's not in the KWM2 league. Then the
> > Orion 565 and Elecraft K3, bit of a mixed bag these two as they are
> > both very variable but I've not yet been able to recreate the analogue
> > sound. I might need to experiment with amplifiers right at the point
> > the signal becomes analogue. A god analogue audio amp with LTP input
> > and complementary pair output in discrete silicon feeding a big speaker,
> might sound very different.
> >
> > The TS940 had good audio too but for me about the same as the Omni V
> >
> > Martin, HS0ZED
> >
> >
> > On 02/10/2014 12:03, Barry N1EU wrote:
> > > On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 5:12 PM, John Farler <k4avx1 at windstream.net>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >> I have a Corsair II with the DDS VFO, which works nicely.  I think
> > >> it's a single conversion though.
> > >
> > > Normally it converts to 9MHz, then to 6.3MHz, and then back to 9MHz,
> > > unless you bypass the 6.3MHz PBT i.f. which can be done fairly
> > > easily but you lose PBT and narrow filters and don't gain much.
> > >
> > > I agree on the CAT comment.  I always dreamed of adding a CAT port
> > > to the DDS cpu firmware.
> > >
> > > 73, Barry N1EU
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