[TenTec] (no subject)

[Rsoifer at aol.com]

Well said.  The QST reviewer of the Orion II was so used to Icom that  he 
evidently had trouble adapting.  Personally, Icom's multi-tier menus,  such 
as the one on the 706 MkIIG, drive me bananas, but to each his own I  
suppose.  I've been a T-T user for 6 years now, and I like their  system.  
 
73 Ray W2RS
 
 
In a message dated 11/1/2010 6:59:29 P.M. GMT Standard Time,  
jruing at ameritech.net writes:

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
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com  
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> On Behalf Of David  Goncalves
> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2010 12:10 PM
> To:  Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] (no  subject)
>
> Yeah, that's called a Pugh (decision) Matrix.   Used for exactly what 
you're
> trying to do.
>
> David  Goncalves
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 12:57 PM,  Richards<jruing at ameritech.net>  wrote:
>
>> 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 ===================
>>
>>
>> On  11/1/2010 10:20 AM, ROD wrote:
>>> witch on has the best  spec.  eagle or kenwood ts 590s
>>>  _______________________________________________
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