[TenTec] century 22

[Carl Moreschi]

No the century 21 was also a direct conversion receiver with an 
oscillator running at the operating frequency.

Carl Moreschi N4PY
58 Hogwood Rd
Louisburg, NC 27549
www.n4py.com

On 12/29/2017 5:07 PM, Dukes HiFi wrote:
> Whoda thunk???
>
> The C21 was a superheterodyne with a 5.0 to 5.5 MHz wide IF stage, fed by the RF input and the crystal oscillator for each band, and a product detector on the AF board that uses the VFO as the “BFO” to carry out product detection. It is NOT direct conversion.
>
> I had always assumed that the C22 was a repackaged C21 with digital display. WRONG!
>
> It is indeed a direct conversion radio. It premixes the PTO with the crystal oscillator for each band and shoots the result (which is right on the revive and transmit frequency) right into a mixer which direct detects signals, then on to the AF stage! What a downgrade compared with the C21!
>
> WHAT A DOWNGRADE TT made to produce the C22!
>
>
> If you have a choice, get a C21!
>
> Gary
>
> W0DVN
>
>> On Dec 29, 2017, at 3:04 PM, Winston<jones_winston at bellsouth.net>  wrote:
>>
>> Good fun cw rig.
>> Winston K4CWQ
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Dec 29, 2017, at 2:56 PM, Dr Richard San Antonio<K1MD at cox.net>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Buy it....lots of fun but don't sell your Omni6+!
>>>
>>> Richard K1MD
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Michael
>>> Tortorella
>>> Sent: Friday, December 29, 2017 11:42 AM
>>> To: tentec at contesting.com
>>> Subject: [TenTec] century 22
>>>
>>> Hi all, I am contemplating purchase of a Century 22 and would like to hear
>>> what people on the list think of that rig.
>>>
>>> Thanks and 73
>>>
>>> Mike W2IY
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