Randall,
I had Omni V, VI, or VI+ in my shacks from 1989 until 2010 with a few brief
excursions in other directins.
I loved the OM VI.
The Eagle is a full fledged replacement for the OM VI.
The only thing with was better on the VI was the S-meter.
The Eagle is a better receiver.
73
Rick
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From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On
Behalf Of rhgaeg@aol.com
Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 8:22 PM
To: tentec@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Eagle in SS
Rick,
Did and do you enjoy operating the Eagle as well as the Omni VI+?
73
Randall
-----Original Message-----
From: Rick - NJ0IP / DJ0IP <Rick@DJ0IP.de>
To: TenTec_Eagle <TenTec_Eagle@yahoogroups.com>; 'Discussion of Ten-Tec
Equipment' <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Sun, Nov 21, 2010 6:40 pm
Subject: [TenTec] Eagle in SS
This post is in response to several people who asked for more “subjective
eedback” on how the Eagle performs.
This weekend was an excellent opportunity to see how well the Eagle works in an
SB contest.
We are in the middle of packing for our move back to Germany and all of my
ntennas were taken down last week.
I hurriedly put up a make-shift antenna for 40m.
I erected a Par-Electronic Endfedz halfwave wire, with the base attached to the
ain gutter of the house, and a Spiderbeam 40’ fiberglass telescoping pole to
upport the middle.
The far end was attached to a tree, about 15 ft. off the ground.
So basically it is an inverted Vee but fed at one end.
From my understanding, the radiation pattern should be identical to a
center-fed
nverted vee.
At that height, it probably isn’t very directional.
The major part of my tests was receive-only.
I just wanted to see how well the Eagle copes with the crowded band condx.
I only worked SSB.
I made several contacts, but 100w is 100w. Not much difference to any other
00w rig in a contest.
How is the RX?
I spent about 4 hours just listening.
My opinion is, it was outstanding.
I operated it typically at about 1500 Hz bandwidth with the 1,8 kHz roofing
ilter.
Whenever I was unable to copy a signal due to QRM or splatter, I tuned to the
ffending signal and usually found it was basically on top of the signal I was
rying to copy (inside the bandpass of the 1,8 kHz filter).
Now the subjective part.
I have probably used every transceiver ever built in contests, except for the
ewest and most expensive Icom and Yaesu rigs.
I have owned/used the Orion I and Omni VII
I have operated every CQWW CW since 1972, except for one.
I believe I have a pretty good gut feeling for what is a good radio.
The Eagle is a very good radio.
I know this is not scientific, but Rob already did the scientific part.
I did not have a second transceiver to compare it to because my 2nd transceiver
s already packed and in the garage, ready for shipping.
I ran the contest without preamp.
The AGC was set and left in “Slow”.
Many times in the past I have purchased something new and wished I had my old
ransceiver back.
Having just recently parted with an OMNI VI+ and K3, I did not have that
feeling
ith the Eagle.
I’m glad I have the radio that I have.
73
Rick
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