Tim:
Actually the opposite. The Paragon uses several PLL's but the Omni VI+ is
crystal mixing. It has the lowest noise of any of them. The DSP does a
wonderful job of noise reduction and killing heterodynes. It does
contribute to somewhat of a "digital" sound in the receive audio. The
Paragon, being all analog, give a nice warm sound.
In my book, I don't find any radio any better, for any price than the Omni
VI+.
73
Bob, K4TAX
----- Original Message -----
From: <tlogan7@cox.net>
To: "tentec reflector" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 9:19 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Omni VI+ and Corsair II receive
> One of my thoughts in giving a Corsair II a trial run was that it did not
> have DSP or a PLL and was almost a 1/3 less in cost than a used Omni VI+.
I
> had the impresseion that some people's experience with noise from the PLL
> and DSP was a negative in the Omni VI+, while the added features of dual
> VFO's (w/o having an external module), memories etc, made up for that
> internal noise. I know on paper what it says, but many of you may have
> graduated from a Corsair II to an Omni VI+ - which, who knows, maybe I
will
> too - so I would be interested to know if any of you VI+ owners even
> remotely missed the Corsair because of the above items. I suspect not, but
I
> am curious. 73/Tim NZ7C
>
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