Well, they wouldn't be 'giving' you a microphone with a Jupiter purchase.
You'd have to pay a bit more for the rig. And I don't give a hoot about a
microphone. Not only that, but others would rather use their own
microphone. I suppose it is like Ten-Tec supplying a particular key paddle
with the rig.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Malloy" <jmalloy@stny.rr.com>
To: "Brian Haren" <bharen@bellsouth.net>; <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 7:50 AM
Subject: RE: [TenTec] Jupiter taking a beating?
> I know what you mean, Brian, if I didn't have a Jupiter already (for the
> better part of a year), I'd wonder whether or not I should buy one. I
> especially liked the "review" of it that some fellow made who had had one
> on his bench (it was his friend's) for a scant 8 hours (or so he says). I
> mean, if we're going to allow reviews from people who only have a passing
> acquaintance with a rig, well I've got some things (both good and bad) to
> say about other manufacturer's rigs! I don't know why Ten-Tec get such
> "reviews" but perhaps it's basically envy -- they emphasize the negatives
to
> make up for it.
>
> My favorite one is, as you note, the "one button band selection" --
haven't
> these guys ever heard of programming a rig for the frequencies you want?
> I've got my Jupiter set for the frequencies most often used and then for
> each band (both cw and phone sub-bands, where appropriate, with filter and
> sideband selections too!). I still have about 100 free spots in which I
> could store additional frequency information. Yeah, yeah, you have to
press
> a button (for gosh sakes, it's just a button!) to use this option, but,
> c'mon, how hard is that?
>
> It would be very nice if Ten-Tec gave you a microphone with the rig, but
> it's hardly a deal-breaker. I swear, I thought hams were more resilient
> that this -- take one of the mikes you already have and use *that.* No,
> people want to have everything handed to them these days and Yaecomwood
> (some of whose gear I have and enjoy) is very good at giving you that. I
> wonder what the present crop of hams would do if we were suddenly put back
> in the age when radio was new. Probably take up stamp collecting, I
> suppose.
>
> Using my "deaf, mute, microphone-less and inconvenient" Jupiter, I am
> happily working all the stations my little ole G5RV can hear on cw and
> phone.
>
> 73,
>
> Joe, W2RBA
>
>
>
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