If one you you fellows come up with that Mod I wish you would put it on the
reflector, I did the sidetone mod many years ago and it was great. I am
giving some thought to getting another Corsair II.
KO4O
----- Original Message -----
From: "Irvin Weinman" <iawein2@cox.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 09:57
Subject: Re: [TenTec] playing with the Corsair II
> Tom: I am acquiring another Corsair II. I remember years ago you had given
> out the tech data to CFO types, for an audio filter mod to tame the
annoying
> sidetone. Do you still have that information around? Irv W7GX.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chester" <calderman@cox.net>
> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 3:36 PM
> Subject: RE: [TenTec] playing with the Corsair II
>
>
> > 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
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com
> > [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of tlogan7@cox.net
> > 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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