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Old November 14th 04, 02:07 PM
Dee D. Flint
 
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"StevenS" wrote in message
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Hello,

I've been out of the hobby for years now, but want to purchase an HF
rig, possibly with the 6m and 2m and even 70cm options. My main
concern is that the radio have the best and most flexible receiver
possible. I'd like to do some DSP work and if the receiver is a
software receiver and is programmable, that would be very desirable.

I was looking at the TenTec site and they advertise a transceiver with
0.35 uV sensitivity at 10db S+N/N in a 3KHz SSB mode. On the other
hand, the Kenwood 480 guys are claiming a 0.10 uV sensitivity, but
didn't say what mode.

It looks to me like TenTec is the most technologically advanced, but
then why the lower sensitivity? I wonder if Kenwood is not completely
truthful.

Well anyway, what's going on? Are these the right brands to be
looking at anyway?

Thank you,

StevenS


I think you can't go wrong with any of the major makers such as TenTec,
Yaesu, Icom, and Kenwood. They are all good. In either case, the
sensitivity is excellent and you as the operator probably won't notice the
difference. Your antenna setup will make the major difference.

Instead, decide what features you want and how important each feature is to
you. Then see how the various radios stack up. For example both my
husband's Icom 741 and my Kenwood TS-2000 have built in keyers on which you
can set the speed. However on his there is no readout as to what the speed
is. You have to just set it by ear to the approximate speed that you want
but within its range it is infinitely variable (i.e. not limited to whole
number increments). On mine, I get a readout of the setting and can set it
at a specific speed. but it is limited to whole number increments. So what
do you prefer? His radio allows the add-on filters internally as well as
having DSP. Mine does not. Again what is important to you?

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE