Carl et al;
In the face of my earlier post, I certainly can agree. With technology
moving forward as it has, notable attention has been given to receiver
performance while leaving the transmitter performance standing still and
falling behind.
We do need cleaner transmitters, much cleaner transmitters as a matter of
fact, and to some extent amplifiers as well. Unfortunately this is going to
cost the consumer money. Then yet remaining, we will find operators using
older to much older equipment. Initially I do not view this will
significantly improve band conditions in terms of noise and other artifacts
being generated. For the most part, all radios today are "guilty". I
don't see it as an easy solution, at least not an inexpensive one.
In summary, it is our own crap being generated which stinks and we are
complaining abut the stink.
73
Bob, K4TAX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl Moreschi" <n4py3@earthlink.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 6:22 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] OT: Rob Sherwood's impression of the FLEX 6x00
I think several of you are misinterpreting the 6700 transmit spectra.
Here's what Rob Sherwood says.
I would say the 6700 is better than average. Most radios are lucky to be
-30 dBc. Many are somewhat less than that. Of course the numbers change
from one band to another. One of my IC-781s is 34 dBc on 20 meters. The
TS-990S is 34 dBc on 20 meters, and both are 32 or 50 volt PAs
The current Icom 13.8 volt rigs are generally worse, particularly the
IC-7600 and IC-7410. The K3 isn't very good either. The Yaesu rigs in
class A, if you run no ALC and no processing, are very clean in the range
of -40 dBc. If you run any ALC, that all goes out the window and is no
better than a typical 13.8 volt PA.
Carl Moreschi N4PY
58 Hogwood Rd
Louisburg, NC 27549
www.n4py.com
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