At 10:48 PM 5/7/99 -0500, you wrote:
>
>A question for those of you who have personally operated BOTH an OMNI VI+
>and an FT1000MP: If you could own ONLY ONE of these rigs and wanted to work
>BOTH cw and ssb contests, which do you buy? (I know, I know - fat chance a
>contester would own only one of anything, but what if...) Remember, comment
>only if you have personal, first-hand experience operating BOTH rigs (I
>already have enough expert opinions from operators of only one or the
>other), okay? Thank you!
>
>73,
>de ke5c,
>op John
Hi John & the Rest of the Gang,
I have had the pleasure of running at Contest station K3TUP and that setup
uses 4 contesting seats with all matching equipment and the rigs are
FT-1000MPs. I found the FT-1000 to be a nice contest rig and an good
receiver however the knobs are small and is not layed out in a convenient
manner and the more used devices in a contest situation are hard to find
unless you operate the radio full time. Running split was sometimes
confusing on the FT-1000 and switching filters and using DSP was sometimes
difficult when operating in the heat of the battle. I find the Omni VI
layout much less cluttered and knobs are made for larger hands. The receive
is sharper and the DSP much easier to use in the heat of the battle. I
prefer the full break-in on the Omni over the FT-1000. I guess if Ten Tec
didn't exist, I would own the FT-1000 MP, however My first choice is the
Ten Tec Omni-VI, second choice FT-1000 MP.
This is my opinion, Each to their own.
73, Chris KB3A
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