[50mhz] Re: [VHF] IC746 vs FT920 vs TS570SG

[John Geiger]

It will be interesting to see how it stacks up to the
FT2000.  Got to see one in action yesterday-incredible
rig.  It would have been nice if Ten Tec would have
included dual receive for $3000.  They always seem to
lack at least 1 feature that the other main players
have.  If it isn't dual receive, then the Orion lacks
6 meters.

73s John W5TD

--- Bill W5WVO <w5wvo at cybermesa.net> wrote:

> T. M. wrote:
> 
> > There is no better test of a rcvr front end than
> 6M during the June 
> > contest during a strong Es opening...
> 
> Truer words were never spoken! And the corollary to
> that is, there is no 
> better revealer of a CRAPPY receiver front end than
> 6M during a strong 
> contest Es opening! This is how I discovered (much
> to my dismay) that the 
> TS-2000 is not a serious DX/contest receiver, and
> why I am going to be 
> supplanting it some time this year, probably with a
> new Ten-Tec OMNI-VII, 
> which just started shipping. Initial reports are
> very good, but waiting for 
> the bench metrics to come out... This radio covers
> HF + 6M, and Ten-Tec 
> actually specifies some really amazing 2 kHz spacing
> dynamic range numbers 
> for the thing. Check it out on their website. If the
> third-party lab bench 
> results (ARRL, Sherwood, etc.) come anywhere near
> the DR numbers Ten-Tec 
> claims, this is going to be one awesome radio for
> the price ($2500-$2800)... 
> It will completely blow the IC-756 Pro III and its
> ilk out of the water. 
> Fingers crossed...
> 
> Bill / W5WVO
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