'Joe HT' is a whole 'nuther class of licensee...<grins>
Larry - W1GOR
-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of John
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 8:33 AM
To: tentec@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Re: Contesting
Joe HT ??? Hi Hi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Tippett" <btippett@alum.mit.edu>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 7:14 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Re: Contesting
> W4BQF wrote:
> >Isn't SDR just a marketing term used to confused the under informed
to
> make them think they are getting something wonderful?
>
> I think you hit the nail on the head Tom. A more recent
example
> of such marketing hype
> is "DSP". If you look at much of the marketing hype from
manufacturers,
> you'll see all sorts
> of crowing about 24-bit ADC's and DAC's, 32-bit floating point DSP's,
> multiple processors
> running at who knows how many GHz...yada, yada, yada. WOW...I'm
> impressed...NOT!
>
> What you won't see is true performance metrics such as IMD
and
BDR
> that are important
> to contesters or low-band DX'ers who tend NOT to be swayed by hype as
much
> as Joe HT. It's
> truly a sad commentary on the technical state of amateur radio that
many
> hams today fall for
> all this marketing hype, paying outrageous money for radios that are
> actually quite mediocre,
> but it's a free country and that's their right.
>
> Thanks to Ten-Tec and Elecraft for demonstrating that not all
of
> us are brain dead
> appliance operators who believe all the marketing hype bombarding us
these
> days.
>
> 73, Bill W4ZV
>
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