Tim,
As an active CW operator for the past 53 years, I have a slightly
different requirement for a transceiver than most hams do. For some 30 years
one part of the hobby I enjoy is full QSK QRQ CW, speeds from 60 wpm to 120
wpm. I've owned Kenwood, Yaesu, and Icom, and of course Ten Tec rigs. During
the years a couple of my QRQ friends were running TS-930's and after a
little modification, they sounded durned good running full QSK at speeds
around 80 wpm. At QRQ, in my opinion, and only based on experience, the very
best full QSK, high speed capable CW transceiver is the Icom IC-781 and the
Corsair II. I could be wrong in this assumption, but I think if a rig will
handle full QSK at 80-100wpm, then it is also going to work pretty well at
normal speed operating conditions.
Also keep in mind that to most of us hams, the rig that we presently
have on our desk is 'the very best in the world'. Otherwise, why the heck
would we own it?
Tom/W4BQF
-----Original Message-----
From: tlogan7@cox.net [mailto:tlogan7@cox.net]
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 7:49 PM
To: tentec reflector
Subject: [TenTec] Disparaging Corsairs, Pro II, etc hi hi
Hi folks -
Yesterday, after posting a note about buying a Corsair II and my potential
on the-air comparison with my Icom 756 Pro II, I was surprized to get a
number of unsolicited direct emails which explained to me, in short, that
neither the Pro II nor the Corsair II were really worth beans for the cw
enthusiast. I was a little taken aback that people feel the need to do this
hi hi, but in the emails there was more than once a reference to Kenwood
having at one time made the best cw rigs ever made. I cannot remember which
models were referred to - the 830 or 850 maybe? Anyway, I would enjoy
hearing from anyone about the Kenwoods and what you think....and how they
may have compared to Ten Tecs of the same vintage. I've never been around
the older Kenwoods and it would be interesting to know more. Thanks folks!
73/Tim NZ7C
_______________________________________________
TenTec mailing list
TenTec@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
|