[TenTec] OT: Rob Sherwood's impression of the FLEX 6x00

[Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP]

James, it was the head technical guru working for the DARC who personally
told me that if he writes something bad, it won't get past the editors for
fear of losing advertising Deutsch Mark.  This wasn't recent; it was in 1975
and he's now an SK.  I doubt things have changed.

I had a similar occurrence a couple of years ago with a magazine you may be
more familiar with.  I'm not referring to hunches, but rather direct
first-hand knowledge from being told that it is so.  YOU SEEM To BE
SPECULATING. 

The only other reason I can think of for them not publishing the facts is,
they were not smart enough to realize it.
I do not believe that to be the case.
What other reason is there?

Also, I would be interested in learning exactly which spec you believe Rob
dinged the Omni VII on.
Rob does not give the radio bad numbers, he reports what he measures.
The only thing I recall being dinged, and rightly so, was the AGC's response
to short impulse noise.
There is no number for that spec.
The numbers of the OMNI VII were all pretty good, especially considering it
has upward conversion.

73 - Rick, DJ0IP
(Nr. Frankfurt am Main)


-----Original Message-----
From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of K8JHR
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 8:37 PM
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Subject: Re: [TenTec] OT: Rob Sherwood's impression of the FLEX 6x00



On 4/24/2014 1:39 AM, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP wrote:

>> Jim, I agree.  Advertising dollars is the reason.

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I am not entirely convinced by the ad dollar argument.  I doubt Yaesu would
pull all its ads because QST magazine says something silly or reports a poor
reciprocal mixing dynamic range figure.  Most guys don't even know what that
is.  Witness the discussion on the FTdx3000 forum when the ARRL and Sherwood
mentioned it.  Believe me... they will buy the rig, and enjoy it, and have
no clue what that is all about, no matter what the Rob and the ARRL Lab say.
Seems like Sherwood gave the 
Omni VII some bad numbers, but non one mentions them here...   ;-)

Besides, where else would they advertise?  QST can simply report the numbers
without much textual comment, and let the ham community work it out by the
numbers.  I doubt Yaesu or Icom will pull all their ads because the ARRL lab
says the rig has -2 dBm in stead of -35 dBm on some spec or other.  Consider
all the flap over the FTdx3000 reciprocal mixing dynamic range as reported
by ARRL and Sherwood.  For a week or so, a very few owners cried foul, and
there was big talk about false advertising and fraud ... but TODAY Yaesu is
STILL running the SAME ads as it ran before, and selling boatloads of them.
Same ads.  Business as usual.  No problem.

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


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