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

Thu Oct 2 18:34:43 EDT 2014

Oh man... Now I miss my HQ-170!

-Eric
W9WLW

> On Oct 2, 2014, at 8:55 AM, Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
> I have an HQ-170! My dad W5JHJ (SK) bought it knew in May 1959. It does sound good, however completely different from my TT O2 or my '930S. The audio stage band pass filtering has a lot to do with this. It's amazing what Hammarlund did with LC components!
> 
> Kim N5OP
> 
> "People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as the music lasts." -- Paul Hindemith
> 
>> On Oct 2, 2014, at 7:12, Robert <rmcgraw at blomand.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Yea, well as long as we are discussing analog audio, my HQ-170AC with its 85 kHz IF and a 6"x 9" oval speaker sounds mighty good. 
>> 
>> Bob, K4TAX
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Oct 2, 2014, at 7:42 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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