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Re: [TenTec] Modern version of the Tec Tec Corsair - please Ten Tec!

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Modern version of the Tec Tec Corsair - please Ten Tec!
From: Barry N1EU <barry.n1eu@gmail.com>
Reply-to: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2014 14:56:05 +0000
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You'll also lose cw sidetone and some needed T/R audio muting if you just
pull out the pre-DSP O6 audio and amplify externally.  Bypassing the O6 DSP
ends up being a complex mod.

73, Barry N1EU



On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 2:47 PM, Barry N1EU <barry.n1eu@gmail.com> wrote:

> PUlling the Omni 6 audio out before the DSP is going to sound like crap
> unless you low pass filter the audio.  It's amazing how much hiss is in
> there.  Been there, added the filtering.
>
> Barry N1EU
>
> On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Mike Bryce <prosolar@sssnet.com> wrote:
>
>> rick,,,
>>
>> just a nit to pick,
>>
>> you’re omni 6 is still talking digital. From the PLL to the digital freq
>> control. All digital and no matter how well you filter, there’s still a
>> zillion 1s and 0s being turned on and off.
>>
>> yes pulling out the audio before the DSP will make it sound better, but
>> you still have all the other stuff cooking behind.
>>
>> Now, the Omni A….. that’s all analog
>>
>>
>> Mike, WB8VGE
>> SunLight Energy Systems
>> The Heathkit Shop
>> http://www.theheathkitshop.com/
>> J e e p
>> o|||||||o
>>
>> A man with one clock knows what time it is. A man with two clocks is
>> never sure.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Oct 1, 2014, at 12:36 PM, Don Rasmussen via TenTec <
>> tentec@contesting.com> wrote:
>>
>> > http://www.palstar.com/en/tr30a/
>> >
>> >
>> > This one may get off the ground and would probably be the last analog
>> transceiver ever built new.
>> >
>> > Ten Tec did the first solid state design with Argo/Triton.
>> >
>> > I have a Corsair II with Inrad 2.8's and N4YG DDS. It's a great
>> sounding, simple desktop radio.
>> >
>> > I also use an OMNI 6 Plus with 100% analog. You have to take the audio
>> out to external powered speakers before it gets to the DSP.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ---
>> >
>> > My best friend has my old Omni (A) from 1979.
>> >
>> > I will try to borrow it and compare.
>> > May take a while, though.
>> >
>> > 73 - Rick, DJ0IP
>> > (Nr. Frankfurt am Main)
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