[TenTec] Tnx es my 2 cts ARRL Test Equipment

[James Duffer]

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>This is no different than the mileage figure methods stated with
>automobiles.  35 MPG on the highway, 25 MPG in town.  Your mileage may vary
>depending on driving conditions.
>
>Same true for receives.  They can test them all to the same set of 
>standards
>but your results will most likely be different.

Yes of course, because of differences in the receivers.

>(A) The manufactures typically test their products so as to be competitive.
>(B) The ARRL performs tests which is a very good attempt to equate all of
>them.
>(C) Someone's on the air evaluation.
>
>We should accept:  (A) will never = (B) or (B) will never = (A)  But (C) is
>always "opinion".
>
>Opinion: 1. a belief not based on certainty but on what seems true or
>probable.  2. an evaluation, estimation, etc.  3. formal expert judgment.

Now that is a good one.  We know what an "expert" is, or at least as it was 
explained to me while serving in the U.S. Army.  You simply break the word 
expert down into its two parts, "ex" and "pert" (pronounced spurt).  Now the 
definition becomes obvious "ex" is a "has-been" and a "spurt" is a drip 
under pressure.  But seriously what is the basis of "formal expert 
judgement" ? Is it too much different that an evaluation or belief based on 
fact?  Lets not get this too convoluted by bringing in academia logic into 
the picture (fuzzy logic).

73, Jim, wd4air

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