[TenTec] TT service

[Richards]

On 7/10/2013 5:24 PM, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP wrote:
> Hey, let's be clear on one point.
> Rob Sherwood does NOT rate rigs.
>
> His list is NOT a ranking of performance of the radios.
> It is only a ranking of close-in DR3 of all of these radios.

	Oh, my... er... um...  are you SURE?    ;-)

	THIS IS WHAT IS OFTEN CALLED A
  	   "DISTINCTION WITHOUT A DIFFERENCE."

	The Sherwood list is obviously intended to
	rank radios according to a single factor.
	(Not a bad thing... but that is what it is.)



> Many other things contribute to the overall performance of a radio and it is
> not possible to list rigs in order of overall performance, because we all
> have different performance needs.



	Quite right, but that does not belie
	the fact the Sherwood list IS a ranking
	of radios according to a single factor,
	albeit a factor of great interest to
	many operators.  But it IS a ranking.

Sidebar:

	I rest confident I rarely encounter
	circumstances situations where that
	ranking is relevant, and my radios,
	including a TT Omni VII, and KW TS-590s
	both of which have competitive figures on
	the other factors and measurements included
	Sherwood's chart.

	So, unless I am facing a situation where
	3d order intercept dynamic range is of
	critical importance, my best radios rate
	as high or higher (are at least on a par with)
	the the radios ranked above it on the list.

	Therefore, I won't lose any sleep over the
	fact I don't own the rig with the best score.
	If I ignore the 3d order intercept column,
	there is very little difference among all the
	top radios on the chart, which explains, to
	me at least, why other guys are working DX
	and enjoying contests with those "other"
	"inferior" radios.  I concede there might
	be a few instances where I wish I had spent
	another $X,000 dollars to make a few extra
	very difficult contacts, but that makes
	those contacts very expensive!

	An analogy:  I have a couple of sports cars.
	A Corvette guy once chided me about my choice
	of vehicle, and I asked him if he really
	thought he was getting $30,000 more fun out
	of his car than I was getting out of mine.

	Similarly, would I really get $X,000 more fun
	out of a higher-rated radio?   Would those few
	rare and difficult contacts be worth the
	extra cost?

	Well... as Bob suggests in a couple posts, it
	is all relative and each of us must decide these
	matters for ourselves, and this is, after all,
	only a hobby, and we do not all have the same
	resources to throw at it, so maybe we are tilting
	at windmills and becoming more worried about rig
	specifications, and less interested in making
	contacts.

	My ONLY objection is to the posturing and chest
	beating we sometimes see as guys debate one rig
	or antenna versus another.

	
	So, I in the words of the great moral philosopher
	and social commentator,  Alfred E. Neuman:

		"What,...me worry?"        ;-)


	
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