[TenTec] IC-7800

[Richard Detweiler]

Joe said it well,

I will agree especially the part about putting the money into the antenna,

It's the most rewarding.

73's
Rich
K5SF



>From: ki3b at juno.com
>Reply-To: tentec at contesting.com
>To: tentec at contesting.com
>Subject: [TenTec] IC-7800
>Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 01:40:47 GMT
>
>
>Some of the discussions on the new Icom here remind me of the old Mac vs PC 
>wars on the newsgroups. I used to follow them for laughs. It was really 
>amazing how emotional some of these arguments used to get.
>
>One comment came up explaining the fierce arguing over Mac vs PC. Most of 
>the emotional arguing was due to people having to convince themselves and 
>others that they made the correct choice, since (at that time) it was lot 
>of money they're spending, and outside of comparing body parts, they ended 
>up spending more time dissecting and arguing over small insignificant 
>points of the machine and it's operating system than they spent using the 
>machine for what it was intended for.
>
>Same thing goes here, if you haven't put the maximum you can into your 
>antenna system, and feedline, it won't matter if you have a 756 Pro II, 
>Jupiter, Orion, IC-7800 or Yaesu FT-90,000,000, ya ain't gonna work 
>anything new.
>
>You can't cheat physics and the same goes with antenna systems. I work part 
>time for one of the major dealers and we tell guys this all the time, put 
>99 cents of every dollar in your antenna and it'll pay off results tenfold 
>what a new rig will do on the old system.
>
>I honestly don't think that Ten Tec has anything to worry about here. They 
>make an excellent product which is reasonably priced. I've been a ham for 
>25 years now and I still enjoy using my Ten Tec gear and working at the 
>store, I can select anything else from the big three, and I'd still rather 
>keep and use my Ten Tec gear. It beats the Jap stuff hands down. I'll tell 
>you, sure there's going to be a group that has to spend 10K on a new rig, 
>but I'll tell you after the bragging contest is over, and the hoopla ends, 
>let's see how many people belly up to the bar to fork over the price of a 
>new car (Kia or maybe a Hundai) for something to sit in their basement for 
>a hobby. I don't think there will be that many at all, and the Orion and 
>Jupiter, and other Ten Tec gear will still be working the DX and contests, 
>because their gear works, and is just plain better.
>
>The new Icom hoopla also reminds me of some of the high end stereo stuff I 
>used to be into. You spent so much time fooling with the tonal qualities of 
>the music you never really have time to enjoy the song. Same thing here....
>
>73 all,
>
>Joe KI3B
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