For VHF and UHF I am a fan of transverters and high performance HF
transceivers. Noise figures of less then 0.5 dB are the order of the day
for 144 MHz and 432 MHz. I use DownEast transverters ahead of the Omni VII
on 10 meters with great success. I know it is more pieces of equipment,
more cables, and more $$ but I view it as "performance $$". Although some
of the new off shore boxes do well, all band configurations to 1.2 GHz just
won't get the performance I expect for the bucks.
As to offshore rigs and the ability for the 144, 432 and 1296 bands, several
have special packages that do quite well. That area of the market, however,
is small in numbers and likely not profitable at all compared to the general
demand for HF transceivers.
73
Bob, K4TAX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dr. Gerald N. Johnson" <geraldj@storm.weather.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 8:26 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Ten-Tec Transceiver Survey
> On Thu, 2008-04-17 at 19:09 -0600, James Duffey wrote:
>> I, and I suspect many VHF/UHF enthusiasts, would like to see a 222MHz
>> (1.25m) rig, or a VHF/UHF rig that incorporates this band. As 222 MHz
>> is only available in region 1, it is pretty much up to the US ham
>> radio manufacturers to come up with one.
>>
>> I suspect that a 2m/1.25m/70cm rig would sell well. It would
>> compliment the many HF rigs, including the Omni VII, that have 6M
>> facilities. The old Ten Tec 6N2 is still very much in demand in the
>> used market, and I suspect that if 1.25 were added to this platform it
>> would sell well. A VHF/UHF platform based on the Omni VII would
>> probably sell well.
>>
>> This is one area in which Ten-Tec could take a leadership role without
>> worry of competition from the Japanese vendors, and without too much
>> worry from Elecraft or Flex Radio.
>>
>> Just identifying a niche that needs to be filled. - Duffey
>> --
>> KK6MC
>> James Duffey
>> Cedar Crest NM
>>
> But it needs a state of the art receiver. A VHF receiver with a 10 dB NF
> was state of the art at the beginning of UHF TV, not today.
>
> 73, Jerry, K0CQ
>
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