Tim,
Be careful!! The Ten Tec BUG is about ready to bite you! The
more you tinker with the Corsair, the more your gonna like the thing.
I'm not familiar with the Omni V, but in the Omni 6 and 6+,
there were some reports of chirp on the CW signals. I think it was
either N4LQ or W9AC that investigated and found out that the CW carrier
was set very close to the skirt of the 2.4kc filter. The cure for the
chirp was to replace the 2.4kc filter with a 2.8kc filter. Not only did
that eliminate the chirp, it gave you a little more bandwidth for SSB
operation as well. However, I have never heard of that chirp being a
problem in the Corsair II.
I bought an Omni 6 in '92, and had the Option 3 installed
somewhere around '94, but N4LQ said that I had one of the few Omni 6's
that did not have that chirp. Most of the time I ran my Titan amp with
the Omni, so it sure would have shown up if my rig had it.
The Corsair II really never needed much changing to it, except I
just hated that raspy CW monitor tone. In every Corsair II I've owned,
I've done something to improve the CW sidetone, but rarely anything
else.
I would suggest you not do anything to your Corsair II until
after you get your Omni 6 Opt.3. Then I bet your Corsair II will not be
turned on very often!
Tom/W4BQF
Chester Alderman
calderman@cox.net
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From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com
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Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 4:28 PM
To: tentec@contesting.com
Subject: [TenTec] playing with the Corsair II
Hi all -
While searching for an Omni VI+ or option 3, I must confess I cannot
help playing with the Corsair II. The little critter has no frills but
sure a lot of character. Hard not to tinker, study the boards, etc. Geez
those people made rigs easy to check out didn't they?
Anyway,I remember in the Omni V it was not uncommon for people to put
a pair of 2.8 Inrads in to widen up the SSB - depending on the ops
taste.
I'm not a 100% clear on the corsair II filtering scheme as to whether
this would create a problem in the Corsair II - to swap a 2.8 for a 2.4
or if it would affect my primary mode of cw negatively. I get the
impression from Ten Tec that it is not a good idea, but am not clear of
the reasoning. Any help out there on this one?
Also, did I read somewhere that the Corsairs were prone to throwing
off a little RF in the shack or am I way off track - wrong pew, wrong
church?
Thanks folks.
73/Tim
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