I had the same experience Jim had. At first I thought I had done the right
thing on my Omni V with Inrad filters. However, I now have an Omni VI+ and far
prefer the TenTec filters. I would not put Inrads in it. My 2 cents. 73/Tim
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> From: "Jim Reid" <jimr.reid@verizon.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Date: 2003/05/23 Fri PM 04:28:37 EDT
> To: <geraldj@isunet.net>, <tentec@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] INRAD Filter Question
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> > If anything its the other way around. Steeper skirts and squarer
> > passband corners mean more ringing, and so the Inrad
> > should ring more than the TT filters.
>
> And...INRADS come up again a ways out from the frequency band
> shown in the example response curves. That, to me, is
> the great reason to stay with the Ten Tec filters and not
> substitute the INRADS. I did that a three or so years ago in the
> OmniVI+ I had at the time. For awhile I thought I had done
> the correct thing; then realized I had not. To the fellow who
> bought the rig from me, I shipped the Omni to him equipped
> 100% with the INRAD filters; but, for what he paid me, I
> also shipped to him every one of the Ten Tec filters that
> I originally had....all the sockets were filled with TT filters.
> He is an avid CW man, and I suspect he has taken out
> the INRADS and replaced the TT's back in, hi.
>
> 73, Jim KH7M
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