[TenTec] (no subject)

[Richards]

Excellent advice, I think.

I like to take the instruction manual for each rig and read how to do 
the top seven things I might have to do with knobs, buttons, etc., and 
see which one seems easier, or more intuitive, or just more to my 
liking.  That is one of the reason I selected the Omni VII - it has one 
simple menu list.  I like the Multiknob which is kinda unique in that it 
does A LOT of different things, and I quickly got used to going to it. 
A single knob for practically everything seems really straightforward 
for me now.   I can, however, see how another operator, steeped in a 
different operating tradition, might hate it.

My wife liked the look of the Omni VII over the other rigs... that 
helped me decide, too.     ;-)

All the factors in Rick's post are good ones to consider.

Frankly, I kinda like the look of the Kenwood rig, and its specs, but my 
experience with TenTec has been so good, I wonder if I would buy another 
brand at this point.  I also have good experiences with Kenwood radios 
as I own bot the R-2000 and R-5000 - but the TenTec experience has been 
so good I now tend to discount other rigs out of hand.  Not an objective 
thing, but there it is.


Great fun... buying a new radio !  Savor and enjoy the ride.

===========================  JHR  ===================================


On 11/1/2010 1:30 PM, Rick - NJ0IP / DJ0IP wrote:

> But it should only be a part of the decision process.
> Part of the joy of operating a radio is the pleasure derived from using a
> radio you really like.
> What I like my differ from what Will likes.
> You can only evaluate that part of it by seeing, preferably using the
> radios.
>
> And, when entering features, don't forget to rate the customer service.
> And work with weighted measurements.  Otherwise the radio with the most
> gimmicks wins.
>
> 73
> Rick
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
> On Behalf Of David Goncalves
> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2010 12:10 PM
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
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> Yeah, that's called a Pugh (decision) Matrix.  Used for exactly what you're
> trying to do.
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> David Goncalves
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> On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Richards<jruing at ameritech.net>  wrote:
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>> Good question - I suspect the best way to determine this, is to make a
>> product matrix/grid and write down the specifications for each radio -
>> Eagle on the left and Kenwood rig right, and make a third column to
>> indicate which radio has the better specification, respectively, on each
>> specification you think is important... and then tally up the totals to
>> see which rig has the most wins/  I plan to do that sometime.  Maybe
>> soon, now that you ask.   Post up if you do this, yourself.
>>
>> Happy Trails.
>>
>> ====================  James  /  K8JHR ===================
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>> On 11/1/2010 10:20 AM, ROD wrote:
>>> witch on has the best spec.  eagle or kenwood ts 590s
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