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Re: [TenTec] Classic TenTec QSK, etc.

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Classic TenTec QSK, etc.
From: Bob McGraw K4TAX <rmcgraw@blomand.net>
Reply-to: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2020 21:04:30 -0600
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Define “better”?   Which one is the quietest?  Which one has the better strong 
signal handling ability.  Which one has a 100% transmit duty cycle? 

There are lots of “better” factors. 

Bob, K4TAX


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> On Jan 12, 2020, at 8:56 PM, Bwana Bob via TenTec <tentec@contesting.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> Wait a minute...
> 
> The Corsair receives better than a IC-7300?  My Corsair is a "keeper",  but 
> why would I want a 7300, even to replace my Paragon.  Maybe a  7300 is better 
> than a Paragon.  Even so, I would expect a "modern"  radio to perform better 
> than a vintage one.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Bob WB2VUF
> 
>> On 1/11/2020 12:35 AM, Don Rasmussen via TenTec wrote:
>> I don't think you want to compare RGO to IC7300 or IC705, if you do then 
>> just buy one of those. They are greatly more feature rich for the dollar. 
>> But, if you already have one of those - I have IC7300, maybe an RGO can find 
>> a place in the shack. Steve N4LQ did a video comparing CW with IC7300 and 
>> Corsair II. Corsair II won very big, IMO even when noise reduction was 
>> turned on for the Icom. But, this specific comparison is for the sound from 
>> the speaker, not frequency stability, memories, or modes! Corsair wins on 
>> quiet rx. I find that IC7300 is vastly closer to Corsair when I turn the AGC 
>> off. I would like to hear how RGO compares to Corsair and IC7300 on CW as 
>> Steve set things up - with equal speakers. My guess is RGO will have notably 
>> quiet audio from the samples I've heard. That could make it a nice niche 
>> machine. I posted about this because it seems like the project is moving 
>> ahead, as compared to others - like the Palstar transceiver project that 
>> faded before launch.
>> de Wb8yqj Don
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