Thanks. Familiar with that stuff.
Ddidn't realize who Rob was.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Augie Hansen" <augie.hansen@comcast.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 01:36
Subject: Re: [TenTec] FS: One Ten-Tec filter left.
> On 7/29/05 6:46 PM, "Steve Baron - KB3MM" <SteveBaron@StarLinX.com> wrote:
>
> > How did the V test ?
>
> Hi Steve,
>
> It did quite well compared to the other rigs that were available at the
time
> it was introduced around 1990. The summary of receiver performance, which
is
> what Rob and I were testing the Omni V for at the time, is presented in
the
> table on Rob's web site. Of course the table now includes a number of the
> newer rigs such as the K2, Orion, and IC-7800, so the Omni is now at
number
> 16 I think. Here's the link:
>
> http://www.sherweng.com/table.html
>
> The only rigs that tested better that the Omni V back then were those that
> had pre-selectors or roofing filters, either built-in like the R390 or
> installed as third party upgrades like the Sherwood mods to the Drake R4C.
>
> In the article I wrote about the use of roofing filters and encouraged
> Ten-Tec and other manufacturers to design their receivers with better
> front-end selectivity. It took more than a dozen years since that article
> and nearly 27 years since Rob first pushed the idea for manufacturers to
> seriously address this issue in their products.
>
> You may also want to take a look at Rob's whitepaper and his Dayton
> presentation for more background information on this important topic.
>
> 73, Gus Hansen / KB0YH
>
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