Rick,
My comments regarding old rigs were taken out of context, my thesis remains,
"Most any modern rig is cleaner than the rigs of old" Sure you may point to
some exceptions, perhaps some military grade Collins gear or something of the
sort, but those are extreme exceptions. Don't know what you tout as tube gear
or early transistor rigs which outperform some of the modern rigs but you
seemed to want to goad a discussion. Further commentary from me regarding the
use of old transmitters were related to FCC rules which allow growth to new
technology also allows use of old technology. Nothing prohibits me from
operating even the worse offending transmitter on the air. If I took a rig of
Marconi vintage rig and started operating it on today's bands do you really
contend that it would be clean as even a Yaesu FTDX 1200 or a Flex 5000? I
still stay I can any beloved Elecraft, TenTec, Icom, Yaesu, and any other rig I
may have missed and cause more havoc with an improper set Mic gain or Data
(audio input) gain, Speech Processor (on SSB) and Amp than you ever will ever
see from Transmitter products with one of the offensive rigs you name. I see
exactly that every time I am on the air. Does it excuse the OEMs, no, but as
some of you have already done, speak with your pocket books. For the big guy
OEMs, they don't care that you are bashing Yaesu on a forum. Regarding
elecraft, probably works good but ergo sucks, size sucks, buttons are like
made for midgets or children, menu ops suck - other than that it probably
stimulates some of you. I'll stick with my Orion 1 and 2, the dirty Flex 5000
and the even more offensive FTDX-1200. Has this topic about run it's course,
guess not, the moderator is participating.
N5TF,
Terry
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