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This link may be of interest to many who have recently been debating a new SDR...it was recently made available to another group I belong to. I'm keeping my K3 but looking forward to purchasing one of these puppies too. I'm sold and the price point is perfect.
http://www.ab4oj.com/icom/ic7300/7300notes.pdf "We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special." -Stephen Hawking. "Do not lose time on daily trivialities. Do not dwell on petty detail. For all of these things melt away and drift apart within the obscure traffic of time. Live well and live broadly. You are alive and living now. Now is the envy of all of the dead." -Emily clone circa 2242 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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It has been observed that the author has a reputation as sort of a
spokesman/apologist for ICOM. 73, Jim K9YC On Sun,5/1/2016 9:16 AM, Tom Fitzgerald via Elecraft wrote: > This link may be of interest to many who have recently been debating a new SDR...it was recently made available to another group I belong to. I'm keeping my K3 but looking forward to purchasing one of these puppies too. I'm sold and the price point is perfect. > > http://www.ab4oj.com/icom/ic7300/7300notes.pdf ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Correct but the little box scores well in Rob Sherwood’s tests (considering its price) and the eHam opinions (reviews) are great. It’s no K3 but looks like a lot of fun to play with. Glad to see one of the big 3 come out with something new at a great price.
73, Brian K3USC > On May 1, 2016, at 12:41 PM, Jim Brown <[hidden email]> wrote: > > It has been observed that the author has a reputation as sort of a spokesman/apologist for ICOM. > > 73, Jim K9YC > > On Sun,5/1/2016 9:16 AM, Tom Fitzgerald via Elecraft wrote: >> This link may be of interest to many who have recently been debating a new SDR...it was recently made available to another group I belong to. I'm keeping my K3 but looking forward to purchasing one of these puppies too. I'm sold and the price point is perfect. >> >> http://www.ab4oj.com/icom/ic7300/7300notes.pdf > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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"Sort of". You're being to kind today Jim. ;) ;)
73 Gene, N9TF -----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Jim Brown Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2016 11:42 AM To: [hidden email] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] A helpful review... It has been observed that the author has a reputation as sort of a spokesman/apologist for ICOM. 73, Jim K9YC On Sun,5/1/2016 9:16 AM, Tom Fitzgerald via Elecraft wrote: > This link may be of interest to many who have recently been debating a new SDR...it was recently made available to another group I belong to. I'm keeping my K3 but looking forward to purchasing one of these puppies too. I'm sold and the price point is perfect. > > http://www.ab4oj.com/icom/ic7300/7300notes.pdf ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Jim,
It's good Icom has at least one of those. Elecraft has so many of us :-) 73, Phil W7OX On 5/1/16 9:41 AM, Jim Brown wrote: > It has been observed that the author has a > reputation as sort of a spokesman/apologist for > ICOM. > > 73, Jim K9YC > > On Sun,5/1/2016 9:16 AM, Tom Fitzgerald via > Elecraft wrote: >> This link may be of interest to many who have >> recently been debating a new SDR...it was >> recently made available to another group I >> belong to. I'm keeping my K3 but looking >> forward to purchasing one of these puppies too. >> I'm sold and the price point is perfect. >> >> http://www.ab4oj.com/icom/ic7300/7300notes.pdf ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Phil, I could not have said it any better!
((((73)))) Milverton /W9MMS. From: Phil Wheeler <[hidden email]> To: [hidden email] Sent: Sunday, May 1, 2016 3:12 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] A helpful review... Jim, It's good Icom has at least one of those. Elecraft has so many of us :-) 73, Phil W7OX On 5/1/16 9:41 AM, Jim Brown wrote: > It has been observed that the author has a > reputation as sort of a spokesman/apologist for > ICOM. > > 73, Jim K9YC > > On Sun,5/1/2016 9:16 AM, Tom Fitzgerald via > Elecraft wrote: >> This link may be of interest to many who have >> recently been debating a new SDR...it was >> recently made available to another group I >> belong to. I'm keeping my K3 but looking >> forward to purchasing one of these puppies too. >> I'm sold and the price point is perfect. >> >> http://www.ab4oj.com/icom/ic7300/7300notes.pdf ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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I had a nastier response which I decided to deep six since it was Sunday.
But just one thing, if one went into Macy's and started hanging up Belk's posters, how would that be received? Rude, stupid, trespassing, illegal, what? I wonder if the same post also went to the Kenwood and Yaesu reflectors or it was just us that were "blessed"? My RELIABLE (caps intended) source of dope on new rigs comes from other PVRC (Potomac Valley Radio Club) membership who in contesting tend to use the rigs harshly. This is often discussed on the PVRC reflector, where no one expects commentary to center on any particular brand or age of rig. I have found the aggregate experience of PVRC folk on rigs to be accurate in the extreme, with never a pulled punch, particularly in the range of reactions to a given rig, where the RANGE of reaction is highly informative. I also get to go visit and try the rigs out if I want. We also have one soul on that reflector who rarely keeps a rig more than three months, and that running soap opera is pretty informative. Personally, I don't need Icom information here, don't want Icom information here, not trusting of Icom information here since some of it is obviously trolling. I have a really good place to get such if I want, that isn't hanging Belk's posters in Macy's. Here, I'm mostly looking for Elecraft owners that need some help off line. 73, Guy. On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 3:16 PM, Gene Gabry <[hidden email]> wrote: > "Sort of". You're being to kind today Jim. ;) ;) > > 73 Gene, N9TF > > -----Original Message----- > From: Elecraft [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Jim > Brown > Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2016 11:42 AM > To: [hidden email] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] A helpful review... > > It has been observed that the author has a reputation as sort of a > spokesman/apologist for ICOM. > > 73, Jim K9YC > > On Sun,5/1/2016 9:16 AM, Tom Fitzgerald via Elecraft wrote: > > This link may be of interest to many who have recently been debating a > new > SDR...it was recently made available to another group I belong to. I'm > keeping my K3 but looking forward to purchasing one of these puppies too. > I'm sold and the price point is perfect. > > > > http://www.ab4oj.com/icom/ic7300/7300notes.pdf > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message > delivered to [hidden email] > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] > Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Using a rig harshly in a particular activity isn't necessarily a good
indication of its capabilities in activities where that isn't how it is used. Not everyone is a serious contester or DX'er, though they are well represented on this reflector. What's good on the racetrack may not be the best suited to the road. I can't see an IC-7300 in my future, but it seems to be of interest to a lot of hams who ordinarily wouldn't be interested in an entry level rig. But then I can't yet see a K3s in my future either for the kind of operating I do. My K2's have no shortcomings that interfere with my ability to enjoy a radio the way I want to enjoy it. My K1 answers MOST of those needs. hi. Eric KE6US On 5/1/2016 1:32 PM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote: > My RELIABLE (caps intended) source of dope on new rigs comes from other > PVRC (Potomac Valley Radio Club) membership who in contesting tend to use > the rigs harshly. > > 73, Guy. > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Exactly.
How do you suppose the readers of other manufacturers mail list/forums would react if they had to deal with Elecraft advertisements all the times? Not well I assure you. I always thought this mail list was for owners of Elecraft gear or potential owners of Elecraft gear to congregate and talk about their Elecraft gear, their experiences using it and if needs be some advice in repairing/configuring same. The advertisements are happening way to often now. Instead of telling me to delete the posts how about telling the IcoYaeKen fan boys to post their troll advertisements on their own list/forum? On 5/1/2016 3:32 PM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote: > I had a nastier response which I decided to deep six since it was Sunday. > > But just one thing, if one went into Macy's and started hanging up Belk's > posters, how would that be received? Rude, stupid, trespassing, illegal, > what? I wonder if the same post also went to the Kenwood and Yaesu > reflectors or it was just us that were "blessed"? > > My RELIABLE (caps intended) source of dope on new rigs comes from other > PVRC (Potomac Valley Radio Club) membership who in contesting tend to use > the rigs harshly. This is often discussed on the PVRC reflector, where no > one expects commentary to center on any particular brand or age of rig. I > have found the aggregate experience of PVRC folk on rigs to be accurate in > the extreme, with never a pulled punch, particularly in the range of > reactions to a given rig, where the RANGE of reaction is highly > informative. I also get to go visit and try the rigs out if I want. We > also have one soul on that reflector who rarely keeps a rig more than three > months, and that running soap opera is pretty informative. > > Personally, I don't need Icom information here, don't want Icom information > here, not trusting of Icom information here since some of it is obviously > trolling. I have a really good place to get such if I want, that isn't > hanging Belk's posters in Macy's. Here, I'm mostly looking for Elecraft > owners that need some help off line. > > 73, Guy. > > On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 3:16 PM, Gene Gabry <[hidden email]> wrote: > >> "Sort of". You're being to kind today Jim. ;) ;) >> >> 73 Gene, N9TF >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Elecraft [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Jim >> Brown >> Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2016 11:42 AM >> To: [hidden email] >> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] A helpful review... >> >> It has been observed that the author has a reputation as sort of a >> spokesman/apologist for ICOM. >> >> 73, Jim K9YC >> >> On Sun,5/1/2016 9:16 AM, Tom Fitzgerald via Elecraft wrote: >>> This link may be of interest to many who have recently been debating a -- R. Kevin Stover AC0H ARRL FISTS #11993 SKCC #215 NAQCC #3441 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Rob's tests, which are generally excellent, include MANY different
parameters, but he publishes ONLY the performance of the receivers, and he has arbitrarily chosen list them in order of only one of those parameters. For all practical purposes, he does not test transmitters (which is a good thing -- the one type of test I've seen is done improperly). The performance and usefulness of ANY product, including a radio, depends upon the totality of its characteristics. As the late Richard Heyser said so well, "trying to describe an audio system using only frequency response is like trying to write poetry with only one word in your vocabulary." 73, Jim K9YC On Sun,5/1/2016 10:43 AM, Brian Hemmis wrote: > Correct but the little box scores well in Rob Sherwood’s tests (considering its price) and the eHam opinions (reviews) are great. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Ahh, this is right on the mark. How many times have you heard a ham say, "I didn't like Radio X because it didn't have enough close-spaced dynamic range." Me, almost never. Instead, I usually hear that hams have discarded a radio because of a million different reasons like
"bad" or "noisy" audio fit and feel buttons too small kept failing transmitter caused interference to other radios during a contest and many other factors, none of which is measured by gurus like Sherwood. So I totally agree, it's the radio as a whole that matters. It's what comes out of the speaker. it's the sound of the noise. Etc., etc. You've got to get a radio in your hands to get a good idea of it. That's why YouTube videos of receivers being recorded with a camera across the room, and lists of receivers ranked by dynamic range don't mean that much to me. Al W6LX >The performance and usefulness of ANY product, including a radio, >depends upon the totality of its characteristics. > >73, Jim K9YC ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Al,
You are correct for the more usual "casual use". In that arena, performance does not matter as much. The gut feeling about a radio's audio or the buttons are the more important to many operators. But when those operators who are a little more discerning and operate in DXing and contesting situations, the Sherwood ratings of close-in blocking dynamic range become the deciding factors in QSO or no-QSO. If the transceiver is capable of "saddling up" close to a strong station without that other station taking over the receiver, that factor is important to those who participate in such operating events. The ability to avoid receiver overload in crowded band conditions suddenly becomes the important parameter. So if you are a casual operator, those Sherwood rankings will not mean much to you. But if contesting performance is more your 'thing', the Sherwood rankings will be more important - that is what allows you to make contacts in the midst of many potentially interfering stations at close frequencies to your frequency. 73, Don W3FPR On 5/1/2016 6:54 PM, Al Lorona wrote: > Ahh, this is right on the mark. How many times have you heard a ham say, "I didn't like Radio X because it didn't have enough close-spaced dynamic range." Me, almost never. Instead, I usually hear that hams have discarded a radio because of a million different reasons like > > > "bad" or "noisy" audio > fit and feel > buttons too small > kept failing > > transmitter caused interference to other radios during a contest > > > and many other factors, none of which is measured by gurus like Sherwood. > > So I totally agree, it's the radio as a whole that matters. It's what comes out of the speaker. it's the sound of the noise. Etc., etc. You've got to get a radio in your hands to get a good idea of it. That's why YouTube videos of receivers being recorded with a camera across the room, and lists of receivers ranked by dynamic range don't mean that much to me. > > > Al W6LX > > >> The performance and usefulness of ANY product, including a radio, >> depends upon the totality of its characteristics. >> 73, Jim K9YC > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Well, I don't know who Belk's is, but livening up our local Macy's wouldn't be a
bad thing. But I agree, only unbiased Elecraft Kool Aid drinkers should be allowed to post here, and if they do, it should be only praise to the perfection and superiority of Elecraft radios. On 5/1/2016 1:32 PM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote: > I had a nastier response which I decided to deep six since it was Sunday. > > But just one thing, if one went into Macy's and started hanging up Belk's > posters, how would that be received? Rude, stupid, trespassing, illegal, > what? I wonder if the same post also went to the Kenwood and Yaesu > reflectors or it was just us that were "blessed"? > > My RELIABLE (caps intended) source of dope on new rigs comes from other > PVRC (Potomac Valley Radio Club) membership who in contesting tend to use > the rigs harshly. This is often discussed on the PVRC reflector, where no > one expects commentary to center on any particular brand or age of rig. I > have found the aggregate experience of PVRC folk on rigs to be accurate in > the extreme, with never a pulled punch, particularly in the range of > reactions to a given rig, where the RANGE of reaction is highly > informative. I also get to go visit and try the rigs out if I want. We > also have one soul on that reflector who rarely keeps a rig more than three > months, and that running soap opera is pretty informative. > > Personally, I don't need Icom information here, don't want Icom information > here, not trusting of Icom information here since some of it is obviously > trolling. I have a really good place to get such if I want, that isn't > hanging Belk's posters in Macy's. Here, I'm mostly looking for Elecraft > owners that need some help off line. > > 73, Guy. > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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On 5/1/16 4:50 PM, Wes wrote: > But I agree, only unbiased Elecraft Kool Aid > drinkers should be allowed to post here, and if > they do, it should be only praise to the > perfection and superiority of Elecraft radios. > > > On 5/1/2016 1:32 PM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote: >> I had a nastier response which I decided to >> deep six since it was Sunday. >> >> But just one thing, if one went into Macy's and >> started hanging up Belk's >> posters, how would that be received? Rude, >> stupid, trespassing, illegal, >> what? I wonder if the same post also went to >> the Kenwood and Yaesu >> reflectors or it was just us that were "blessed"? >> >> My RELIABLE (caps intended) source of dope on >> new rigs comes from other >> PVRC (Potomac Valley Radio Club) membership who >> in contesting tend to use >> the rigs harshly. This is often discussed on >> the PVRC reflector, where no >> one expects commentary to center on any >> particular brand or age of rig. I >> have found the aggregate experience of PVRC >> folk on rigs to be accurate in >> the extreme, with never a pulled punch, >> particularly in the range of >> reactions to a given rig, where the RANGE of >> reaction is highly >> informative. I also get to go visit and try >> the rigs out if I want. We >> also have one soul on that reflector who rarely >> keeps a rig more than three >> months, and that running soap opera is pretty >> informative. >> >> Personally, I don't need Icom information here, >> don't want Icom information >> here, not trusting of Icom information here >> since some of it is obviously >> trolling. I have a really good place to get >> such if I want, that isn't >> hanging Belk's posters in Macy's. Here, I'm >> mostly looking for Elecraft >> owners that need some help off line. >> >> 73, Guy. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Thanks Tom.
I also find Adam's reviews very helpful as well as his work on advancing the NPR test method to bridge the legacy world (K3, etc) to the new family of DDC/DUC SDR transceivers. I have found the odd comments by some other readers of this mailing list somewhat parochial in outlook in that they seem to want to see and hear only items relating to Elecraft gear and not be informed of other new and exciting developments occurring in our hobby. I have built and own many fine (and not so fine) Elecraft radios and test gear so in the main, I have a great respect for Elecraft equipment but not at the exclusion of other brands. I also own Flex, Yaesu, Elad and gear from many other manufacturers. I encourage all Elecrafters to embrace new radio architectures and to avoid criticism of other companies who are trying to advance the hobby. I'm sure Elecraft will eventually adopt newer (and better) architectures and look forward to Adam's evaluation of such new kit. -- 73, Peter VE3LTI ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 12:52 PM, Peter Scovell <[hidden email]>
wrote: > > I have found the odd comments by some other readers of this mailing list > somewhat parochial in outlook in that they seem to want to see and hear > only items relating to Elecraft gear and not be informed of other new and > exciting developments occurring in our hobby. There are a pair of untrue assumptions in there. 1) Assumes that someone here, who doesn't want to transact discussions about Flex products on the Elecraft reflector, cannot possibly hear about Flex anywhere else. That if Flex information is not brought up on the Elecraft reflector, the "good news" on Flex products will never be heard. Personally, I've been on the Flex reflector since the very beginnings of that product line. I can tell you an awful lot about where Flex is, what the problems and improvements are. I have been on the cusp of a Flex purchase for years. I just have a list that I'm waiting for them to invent their way out of. A couple of those items need faster technology at lower cost, which will get here, sometime. I just won't discuss it here on the Elecraft Reflector. It is also abundantly clear that I know more about Flex products than trolls that have come on here hyping Flex just to see if they can get under someone's skin. But I will not discuss issues about Flex products on the Elecraft reflector. From where I sit, overall Elecraft reflector commentary on Flex is fair-to-poor, sometimes outright inaccurate, but so what. It's the *Elecraft* reflector. I expect accuracy on Flex products on the *Flex* reflector. Besides the Flex reflector, I get my Flex information from actual Flex owners, and from the incessant joyful no-holds-barred all-rigs-comparison commentary among PVRC club members, who have actually owned or do still own the rigs under discussion. This, along with the opportunity to actually operate other brands, beats out any other source of information hands down. This reflector (Elecraft) ranks way up there in comparison to other brand-centric reflectors. But it's up there because people on the Elecraft reflector get outstanding help on Elecraft products, some from individuals like W3FPR, who are off-scale high helpful on the did-you-get-quick-and-accurate-information-that-helped-you-out scale. Commentary on the world at large is not what drives up the Elecraft reflector numbers. 2) It's not at all that I don't want to hear about "other new and exciting developments". I'd just rather keep it to Elecraft here. I have really good sources of everything else *elsewhere*. And I really do not trust any information from folks that are just trying to stir up controversy to get some yuks. You know who you are. If I want to argue about rigs, I'll go join the long-running all-smiles friendly rig-comparison food fight with some of my great lifetime friends at PVRC. 73, Guy K2AV ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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