Well... Ten Tec does offer a 30 day return policy. If you are not
happy, send it back.
Sure... it could be a QC issue at the factory. Or maybe a decision
to pass as "up to spec" items that are in a certain range of
performance.
To do a more thorough check, I bet the price would have to be
increased. Mil spec stuff costs at least 10 times more than other
gear, in part because of that. $3K is a lot of money to most hams,
but in the world of commercial and military gear, it's chump change.
73 de Ray
K2ULR
On Apr 1, 2011, at 8:02 PM, Mike Bryce wrote:
> I'll keep this short as two thumb typing is hard to do.
>
> I understand the electronic aspect of it as well as the tolerance
> and logarithm of real power in the real world.
>
> Please, please, please understand I KNOW that no one on the other
> end will know the difference.
>
> But, I paid almost $3000 for a radio that displays on the front
> panel 100 watts output when the real power into a dummy load @13.9
> volts @ the radio power connection I have 76 watts on 20 meters out
> of the box brand spanking new.
>
> This is NOT a 'simple adjustment-- no one will notice' problem.
>
> No one, not me, not you, should pay three grand and then need to
> crack the case open to adjust anything.
>
> This is not a 'no one can tell the difference problem,' this is a
> quality control problem.
>
> If the display on my brand new $3k Omni 7 says 100 watts, then by
> god the power output should be "close."
>
> 85 watts is fine, but the display should reflect the rf output of
> 85 watts (not lab gear, I know)
>
>
> With sore thumbs,
>
> Mike
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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