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!
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I hope I have everyone on the list who has replied so far, and a few other
interested parties. Based on 11 replies from operators of both rigs, and
considering operating characteristics only (not service, number and size of
knobs, etc.), the results are clear:
1. If you contest ssb and cw BOTH (or just ssb) SERIOUSLY and could own
ONLY one rig, it's the ft1000mp.
2. If you contest or just operate mostly cw, it's the omni 6+.
When you throw in the other variables, things get a little (phase?) noisy,
but generally follow the same trend. Thanks again everyone! Remember,
these experiences are not mine, so don't flame me.
73,
de ke5c,
op John
jdvoracek@vvm.com
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