What I find hard to stomach is the poor guys who bought a 756pro and a year
or so later the proII came out and their 3k rig became 1.5k rig. I guess its
like computers, where the price of a top end system stays around 3k but the
CPU power increases exponentially.
Bill N2WF
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert & Linda McGraw K4TAX" <RMcGraw@blomand.net>
To: "Paul Christensen" <w9ac@arrl.net>; "tentec reflector"
<tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 9:49 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni VI Plus freq. readout
> Paul;
>
> I agree especially with your last statement " I sense that Ten-Tec's
> improvements were evolutionary...ICOM chooses to correct their design
> problems by immediately releasing a new radio."
>
> I've thought about it and just haven't done it. That is, count the
number
> of "NEW" radios released by Kenwood, ICOM and Yaesu since the Omni VI
> series was released. Lets see, how many versions of the IC-706 are there
> now? Seems I recall 4. Same is about true for the "PRO" series of
radios.
>
> Food for thought for the Tentec bashers.
>
> 73
> Bob K4TAX
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Christensen" <w9ac@arrl.net>
> To: "tentec reflector" <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 8:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni VI Plus freq. readout
>
>
> > > Oklahoma. About $70 and an hour's work later, I had them installed.
> This
> > > change removed about 99.5% of the thermal drift resulting in better
than
> > > spec'ed display accuracy.
> >
> > I'll second that, including the upgrade to the TCXO. Back in 1997, I
> > replaced both BFO crystals with a set from JAN in Fort Meyers, FL.
> Only...I
> > was seeking to stabilize the Omni's microchirp problem. After a series
of
> > documented mods (they're in the reflector archives), including the
change
> to
> > the JAN crystals resulted in perfect keying.
> >
> > However, comparing the Omni's 1990 design against the ICOM PRO-II's 2001
> > design is a bit unfair. Given the ten year product life-cycle of the
Omni
> > 6/6+, it's rather remarkable, really.
> >
> > I sense that Ten-Tec's improvements were evolutionary...ICOM chooses to
> > correct their design problems by immediately releasing a new radio.
> >
> > -Paul, W9AC
> >
> >
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