James, I agreed with everything up until the 200w PA.
What's the reasoning for 200w? Because Yaesu does it? Me too?
Now days most linears run legal power with just 40w input.
There are a lot of peripherals on the market that were designed for 100w and
will fail if hit with 200w.
I don't see any benefit in that.
Now the radio itself should have transistors capable of 200 to 300w, but
only be drivable to 100w.
That gives a safety factor and enables us to run into higher SWR without
having to fold back power.
But my vote is for the spec to remain 100w and the radio to only be drivable
up to that power level.
73 - Rick, DJ0IP
(Nr. Frankfurt am Main)
-----Original Message-----
From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of K8JHR
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 4:01 AM
To: n4py3@earthlink.net; Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] (no subject)
I say scrap the Omni VII real time band scope project and move on to better,
more profitable projects. I don't want a puny, itty bitty, scope display
anyway... and won't pay $600 for THAT in any case...
unless it DOES BETTER THAN REAL TIME, and PREDICTS IN ADVANCE where the DX
is going to be!
I can get a full screen band scope with my FiFi SDR-IQ kit. Even Elecraft
produced a full screen display for the P3 - presumably there is sufficient
demand for it. If it does not do more the FTdx3000 scope does, it will be
too little, too late.
So, I vote to Scrap the project (vis-a-vis the Omni VII) and work on the
next great TT rig, instead.
Some projects just don't work out, despite good intentions - and I forgive
AND RELEASE TT from its promise to produce a real time band scope for the
Omni VII. It is OK... just did not work out. Better to build the next
great TT radio, instead, AND IT SHOULD HAVE A FULL SIZE BAND SCOPE DISPLAY,
a receiver as good as the Eagle-RS-366, and a super clean 50v, 200 w PA,
plus super modern, kick askii looks. It must NOT
use the same old look. Putting the new Argonaut in the same old tired
case, looking the Model 1254 receiver kit, was a HUGE mistake. I know it is
a great rig, inside, but I think the Brand X rigs look da bomb, and TT needs
to take the lead or at least look like it is keeping up.
Just MY take.
=================== K8JHR =========================
On 5/6/2014 8:32 PM, Carl Moreschi wrote:
> I couldn't agree more.
>
>
> On 5/6/2014 10:46 AM, Rsoifer--- via TenTec wrote:
>> Guys
>>
>> I don't understand why the issue of a panadaptor display keeps coming
>> up.
>> The Elecraft panadaptor is a pretty box, but the function is much
>> better performed through a PC interface than a display on the radio.
>>
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