[TenTec] Jupiter taking a beating?

[duffyb01@fuse.net]

Jeff and others,

My only disagreement with what you said is that I believe you get a lot more radio for what TenTec is charging for the Jupiter(TT - that comment is not a license to increase the price).

Duffy 
www.wb8nut.com

> 
> From: "Jeff Peacock" <ve3ios@servers.ca>
> Date: 2002/04/26 Fri AM 07:17:38 EDT
> To: "Brian Haren" <bharen@bellsouth.net>,  <tentec@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Jupiter taking a beating?
> 
> Brian I read those reviews fairly often. I have had my Jupiter almost two
> months now and the complaints I read in the reviews makes me wonder if these
> guys know radio at all regardless of the  rig. Some are petty like you
> mentioned and others like the the low reception on the high bands I just
> can't figure. I have to increase my AF gain on 10 and 15 but my reception is
> awesome.
> I recently lost my antenna in a wind storm and put up a Cushcraft A3S. Go
> read the reviews on that antenna. It's enough to never buy one again. Mine
> works perfect and went together no problem. Worked P5 North Korea and VK9
> Mellish Reef as my first two contacts on 15 with the Jupiter and the A3S.
> I think for the price of the Jupiter it is exactly what you get.
> Jeff
> ve3ios
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian Haren" <bharen@bellsouth.net>
> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 7:12 AM
> Subject: [TenTec] Jupiter taking a beating?
> 
> 
> > All,
> >
> > The Jupiter has been taking a beating lately in the reviews on eHam.  The
> > complaints seem all over the map; some say the receiver is too sensitive
> on
> > the higher bands, some say it's deaf as a post.  Other complaints center
> > around quality of construction, lack of features ('one button band
> > selection' seems a favorite), display quality, etc.  Most of the negative
> > reviews seem to have popped up in the last few months, not sure why.  I've
> > not had my Jupiter long enough to say definitively that one complaint is
> > valid, the other not.  Some just seem to be whines ('One button band
> > selection'?  Sure, just use the Pegasus software!).  Other, I think, are
> > valid (like having to pay extra for a hand mic).  Most seem to be in that
> > 'gray area' known as perception ('deaf on the higher bands'?  I often have
> > the same problem, but I think it's more a factor of band conditions,
> > time-of-day, and antennas.).
> >
> > Anyone else out there have any thoughts on the current run of reviews?
> > Valid complaints?  Just whining?  A mix?  If there are valid complaints, I
> > think that some of the problems can be fixed via software update - so lets
> > let TT know!
> >
> > 73, Brian W8BYH
> >
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