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

[Robert]

Although the Corsair design and performance has merits, I also believe the true buyer market is not sufficient to support any R & D, marketing, and sales efforts.  I view this to be true in the face of the current trends with DSP economical technology.  

Bob, K4TAX


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> On Oct 2, 2014, at 11:30 AM, John Farler <k4avx1 at windstream.net> wrote:
> 
> Ok on the if structure of the Corsair. I don't have an original paper manual,
> just a download, so I'm going to print it and take another gander at every
> thing, since it's now my backup that I'll use almost every day.
> 
> I remember the first time I used a digitally processed rig - a Kenwood
> 870 I believe they first came out with with much ballyhoo.  Used a
> friend's with him on FD, and it sounded like water gurgling at a high
> frequency all the time.  It would slice the signals, but I ended up with
> a big headache from hearing all the digital artifacts.
> 
> Next was the OmniVI+, which in my estimation, was just about right
> in it's nr processing.  It seemed to make the CW just jump out of the
> background and noise.  No artifacts here, but it may be in the audio
> line, I don't remember.
> 
> I haven't learned all about the Eagle yet, and I'm amazed by its small
> size.  I sometimes drag it around on the table trying to hook something
> up in back, but my shack is about reorganized enough from the big
> Omni V+ that I shouldn't have to do that much.
> 
> The Eagle can be taken out of the NR mode, and it works very well
> with good audio -  I may hook up to an external speaker, which could
> improve it, I suppose.  I've not used it quite enough to know all about
> adjusting RF and AF gain with NR in, but I'm getting better.  As far as
> the roofing filters, I operate CW wider than most, wide enough to
> keep the wide filter in for casual operating, but appreciate the narrow
> bandwidth capability during crowded conditions and contests.
> 
> John, K4AVX
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