[TenTec]Rig tests

[AC5E at aol.com]

I have seen so many "highly peculiar" test results over the half century plus 
I have been involved with electronics I really don't trust "objective" tests. 
By the time the test sees print at least some and often all objectivity has 
gone by the wayside. 

       I much prefer to personally take the equipment in question and compare 
it with some standard. You got a hot car? Lets take it to the strip and see 
what it will do, side by side with mine. Your car has a superior ride? Lets run 
down the River Road and see how it handles over the potholes and washboards. 

Your latest boob toob will record DVD's and play them back in VHS - and it's 
got triple wishbone filters to boot!  Let's compare the picture on it to my 20 
year old Zenith.  

You got a super tranciever? Bring it over and put it in place of my second 
rig so it's a switch flip away from the antenna and we will compare it to the 
best rig I have been able to find up to now and we will see how it does. Can we 
copy a weak station during the inevitable afternoon thunderstorm? Can pull out 
a weak one from under or between strong stations?  How are the filters? Are 
the skirts sharp and clean?  How is the audio, clean and clear or muddy and 
distorted?  

While the results are somewhat skewed by local conditions,  those conditions 
are the ones that any rig in this neighborhood is going to have to perform 
under.  Weak signals, less than optimum antennas, noisy neighborhood, crowded 
bands, and added interference from the neighbors sewing machine and mixer and 
all. 

The comparison continues until all parties are satisfied and agree on 
results. And you know, it usually doesn't take long to decide which rig performs the 
best. That's why I have an open shack policy. If you have the latest 
"SuperBlaster 9900" and you want to compare it bring it on!  

73  Pete Allen  AC5e