I fully agree with James.
People tend to put much too much emphasis on the radio.
I think most people are far too concerned with buying new radios and pay far
too little attention to their antennas and their operating procedures - both
of which are much more important than which radio you are using. The radio
only has to be good enough, it doesn't have to be the best (whatever that
is).
73
Rick, DJ0IP
-----Original Message-----
From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Richards
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2013 10:07 AM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] A/B rig testing
That is exactly why you should keep your current rig and enjoy it
without reservation as long as it continues to work. Just like your
favorite car. If it does what you want it to do, and is comfortable, then
your should continue to use the vehicle until it dies and cannot be
repaired. In the mean time you can save your money for your next rig,
which you will purchase when the fateful day you can no longer maintain
your current rig, finally arrives. At that time, you can buy as much
rig as you can, and repeat the process. My wife and I both do this
cars - we have each owned cars for as as long as 14 years. All the
financial magazines say this is the most economical approach. In the mean
time, we save money so that we can buy the next one with cash.
Why not apply the same principle to our radios. If the rig does what you
want, there is no reason to buy another one. After all, I believe the point
of ham radio is COMMUNICATION, and if you can accomplish that with your
current rig, then you have all the radio you need - and with no worries
about your radio, you can concentrate on the conversation. I think too many
guys think the point of ham radio is to own a better radio than the other
guy - forgetting the point is to have a conversation with some bloke nearly
half way around the world. That is my point of departure with the hi-fi
audio crowd... I believe some guys worry more about how good they sound,
than they do about the quality of
what they are saying. So, if the rig is adequate, you can concentrate
on having something interesting to say.
Just MY take, anyway.
---------------------- K8JHR ------------------------
On 2/1/2013 8:35 AM, Curt wrote:
> No doubt the more expensive and newer rigs are justified for those who
> are heavy contest operators, but I'm not a good enough operator to
> need anything more than the old Omni C provides.
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