[TenTec] ARRL Reviews

[Keith Hamilton]

Wow! That's just what I was going to say!

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On Sep 2, 2011, at 8:28 PM, george fritkin <georgefritkin at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Why is everybody fretting about these tests.  I have the following...Elecraft K3, TS590, ORION ll, OMNI Vll, Eagle, YAESU 5000......and in the real world I can not tell the difference.  Lab tests are one thing, but real world is something else.  Gentleman, enjoy your radios
> George, W6GF
> 
> --- On Fri, 9/2/11, Stuart Rohre <rohre at arlut.utexas.edu> wrote:
> 
> From: Stuart Rohre <rohre at arlut.utexas.edu>
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] ARRL Reviews
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
> Date: Friday, September 2, 2011, 4:26 PM
> 
> Well Lee,  I think we can all agree,
> It is not reasonable to expect ARRL to continually redo tests, if the 
> radios are no longer being produced.  But, it is probably something they 
> should do with new SDR equipment, if updates make big changes. If specs 
> changed, they should re run tests on currently sold radios.
> 
> One thing is that they don't own all those radios, they buy one for 
> testing, and then sell it after the publishing of the review, in an 
> auction process, so they don't run out of lab space trying to store test 
> radios.
> 
> The best thing of all, is for hams to try out a radio they are 
> considering, or have enough faith in the maker of that radio to order 
> it.  Some dealers and makers offer 30 day trial periods.
> 
> 73,
> Stuart Rohre
> K5KVH
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