On the same topic, I've heard the complaints about?the Jupiter band scope,
including statements that it's virtually useless. I find the feature really
useful and fun.?
And to me, while people complain that it's not as sharp or steep?as crystal
filters, I find the DSP implementation in the Jupiter as useful as anything
I've ever used on both CW and SSB.? Man, I had a Kenwood TS 570 for a while and
talk about useless DSP on SSB.? Whew!
Finally, there similarly are people who really carp about Windows VISTA
or?Microsoft in general or Ford vs. GM vs. Toyota.? A guy walked by my Ford
Escort Wagon one day at work and said something about how sorry Fords (Fix Or
Repair Daily...FORD)?were and what junk they build and?my didn't do this or
that.
So, I smiled and said that the car had 111,000 miles on it and I'd only changed
the oil every 6,000 miles and had done the front brakes once; otherwise nothing
at all and it's been paid off for eight years and gets 30 miles per gallon at
least.? What more could I expect?? One man's Ford is another man's BMW.
You pay your money and you take your choice.
73s,
Rick
-----Original Message-----
From: Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 5:38 pm
Subject: [TenTec] Band Scopes, Engineers, Firmware, Etc.
What you said!
Now, I've never used an IC-7800, a Yaesu FT-9000 or any of the other
high-end, high quality Japanese rigs. Maybe I'm really missing
something by not having a high-speed sweep function. But, contrary to
what I hear and read, I've found the band sweep function on my O II
to be rather useful. I can't see IMD components on it, but I can
easily see pile-ups and and even catch the stray CW signal.
I also actually tune the receiver, hunting for good opportunities,
but that harkens back to my earlier days with an ancient TS-930S, and
hollow-state radios before that. I simply don't see why there's such
a hue and cry over a Faster! More Colorful! Higher Resolution! band
sweep function that we absolutely positively must have *right now.*
In my benighted state, its lack doesn't keep me from enjoying my O
II, which is leaps and bounds beyond anything I've ever experienced.
Then again, maybe ignorance really is bliss...
Kim Elmore, N5OP
At 03:27 PM 8/19/2008, you wrote:
>Oh, the distress! Oh, the pain! My $2500 investment provided me with a
>box that is only a giant tiny bit better than the $10k boxes that are
>available....and then there is this wierd box with no knobs that you
>can't measure, that MUST be better than my radio. And, and, there is
>this kit radio that measured a whole dB better, but it cost THE SAME!
>OH MY, what is a person to do. Besides, I can't figure out how to use
>the thing, so it must be TenTec's fault. And, if I don't have some sort
>of real-time scope how am I possibly going to sleep at night,,,after
>all, I spent $2500 bucks on this thing. Oh dear, what am I to do?
>
>I know: I just bitch for a while, instead of using the best damn amateur
>radio available on this earth. I never wanted to use the thing
>anyways--it's different than my Swan, which suited me just fine for 30
>years. None of those heathen-net ports on the back to connect to the
>hinternet on that baby nosiree! Oh My.
>
>I wish I had one to complain about. :)
>
>Till Then: Omni-V Omni VI+, Centur
ion, 238 Tuner, along with a bunch of
>JapJunk in boxes somewhere in the basement, and one Clegg Thor, (just to
>remember when)
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