[TenTec] ARRL reviews

[al_lorona@agilent.com]

Bill, I guess you're right. I guess we can read between the lines of a
review to get the real scoop. And as you say, this is where a picture is
worth a thousand... you know. Pictures as in photographs of CW keying
waveforms with missing dots and such.

Speaking of CW and missing dots, it may seem that with the slow death of CW,
that such a photograph would be irrelevant. But I remember a while ago (and
I have no idea whether they still do this) automotive magazines that had
test-driven new cars would always test the speedometers and publish how
close they were to the actual speed. I always thought this was a pretty
frivolous measurement until someone explained to me that it was an excellent
indicator of the care and accuracy put into not only the rest of the
instrument panel, but the body fit, the alignment, the paint, etc., etc.,
and so it was a very relevant test.

So now that I said that, I went back and looked at p. 77 of the July 2001
QST, and p. 71 of the February 2002 QST. Hmmm. Read between the lines...

Al  W6LX

> 
> MINDLESS & FACTLESS  ?????!!!!
> If you know how to read the noise graphs and the rest of the 
> specs, you can 
> get a sense of the radio, but don't expect     Hey "It's a looser".
> 
> bill