[TenTec] ARRL Reviews

[Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP]

George, Maybe you are looking at it backwards.
I think we will all agree that all of your radios are good, or even great
radios.

I have owned a lot of what I call "One Contest Radios".
I bought them with great expectations, and sold them immediately after
attempting to work a major contest with them.
I won't go thru the list, but the heart breakers were the FT-950 and TS-480.
Both excellent radios but just not what you want in a contest, ESPECIALLY if
you are Team-Contesting.

IMHO, THE BIGGEST USE FOR THE TEST RESULTS is not to show me which radio to
buy, but rather to show me which radios NOT to buy.  Once a radio is "good
enough", then the choice will be made on other criteria, not just on
performance.  COST, Shape, size, weight, color, feel, S-meter, etc.; lots of
things contribute to how well I personally like a radio.  My likes will
differ from those of others.  The important thing to me is, I don't waste my
money buying a radio that will disappoint me.  Test results help me with
that.

73
Rick, DJ0IP


-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
On Behalf Of george fritkin
Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2011 2:29 AM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] ARRL Reviews

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

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