[TenTec] Ten Tec reflector

[Steve N4LQ]

"For me, the hardware changes mean nothing. Its the receiver that counts"

Now there's a good one. Let's see.....I explain how the changes to the ICOM 
Pro line are not software changes and am blamed for "bashing TenTec"! Then 
I'm told that receivers are not hardware.

Well let me say this about software. You could have a very good radio with 
NO software but a radio that was ALL software wouldn't work AT ALL. So if I 
am "bashing" something, it is software. Software reduces us to something 
even worse than appliance operators. It turns us in to helpless sucklings, 
always looking to mama programmer for more firmware milk. It appears that 
SOME of our rigs are having problems being weaned, yea even what is claimed 
to be the "Highest Performance, Optimized" transceiver is still crying for 
mama.

"Mama mama, my QSK is clicking and my screen is brown"
Ohhhh mama, I am loosing my audio and my output is down.
Pleassssseeee mama help me before I lock up and totally shut down!"


Steve N4LQ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Rowlett" <kc4atu at hotmail.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 6:11 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Ten Tec reflector


>
> Now Steve, just because you like to bash Ten Tec, give the new guy a 
> break, he likes his radio.
>
> For me, the hardware changes mean nothing. Its the receiver that counts. 
> You can have the PRO line and anything the other two make also.
>
> The Flex Radio is closer to being a SDR than anything else and may be the 
> next move here.
>
> 73  Bill  kc4atu
> QRP, doing more with less
> FM19ga
>
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