[TenTec] RADIO COMPARISONS

[Dave Edwards]

My own thoughts are that it is a VERY bad decision for a new ham to 
start with a 200 watt mega-rig from the get-go....Ten Tec OR ricebox!

....Dave

On 7/28/14, 3:02 PM, Wade Staggs wrote:
> *I am Not an Engineer. Never have claimed to be. Recently my friend with
> newly minted General Class in hand, ask me to come over and help him setup
> his station. The antenna went up just fine and all was well until the new
> 200 Watt radio came out of it's box. What a Nightmare!  We didn't count
> them but 111 buttons and too many knobs seems correct. *
> *It took me several minutes to be sure which button was the Power. We did
> finally manage to get on 40 meters with the radio and at that time about 12
> different people from KenComYaeFlex land, tried to tell us 40,017.562 ways
> to set each control and menu item for best performance. Again I use the
> word Nightmare!  And you know what folks, I don't own a Newer Ten Tec! It
> is an older Paragon. As we said at the start..... I am not an Engineer.
> Don't care about Plots, Graphs or Pie Charts. Here is a Fact that I can
> Honestly Relay to this List. For the last 3 Field Days, my Paragon has
> beaten All Comers running 3 Alpha at the local site. Most times by Triple
> Digit Numbers. And it is not my operating style because the entire Club
> used my radio on a Volunteer Schedule. And we are Always Relaying Stations
> into the various Phone Nets that the KenComYaeBaoFeng Net Controls are
> using. Having never operated a Kxxx Anything. We can't say anything good or
> bad about them. Knowing that I hear Everything ((( or darn near it ))) we
> have stations that routinely call for me by name to relay them into Nets.
> Bob/K4TAX, sent us an Eagle to play with for a month. We Cried Big
> Crocodile Tears when it was time for it to go home. So fellows, put down
> your Pie Charts, Graphs and projected whizz bang print outs for a few
> minutes. For test equipment, just use an Antenna Switch. Compare the TS-590
> or anything else to an Eagle. And then tell me what you want on your
> operating desk. As we have said before, the Eagle reminds me of the Corsair
> and Corsair II on receive .. just better. Sure, we would love to have one
> of the new Rice Boxes. It would make Great trading material toward a Newer
> Model Ten Tec. Now that's my story and I'm sticking to it. And we call Lots
> of Nets.......*
> *                         73 to All Stay Safe from Wade/KJ4WS*
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 12:52 PM, Lee <ny6p01 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> ...what he said.
>>
>> And prior to owning a Jupiter, all I'd ever owned were rice boxes. The
>> Jupiter beats them all, hands down as a receiver.
>> On Jul 27, 2014 9:28 AM, <w4wst at cox.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Seems strange to me but every time I get on the web site there is a
>>> pissing contest going on about which rig does what better than a TENTEC.
>> If
>>> you want to preach the virtues of a K-3 or a TS-590s, why don't you go to
>>> that rigs web site and brag all you want.
>>> I remember when I got my Jupiter and everyone running a rice box was
>>> telling me to be careful when handling the mic or you'll pull that
>>> liteweight empty box off the desk. I'm not sure but I think the Jupiter
>> is
>>> as heavy as a K-3.
>>> I recently was looking at the TS-990 and trying to figure out why I would
>>> ever want a rig that has 111 push buttons on the front plus some
>> ridiculous
>>> number of knobs.
>>> I guess the bottom line is if you want to run a rice box, have at it and
>>> enjoy it. Just please don't get on the TENTEC site and try to convince
>>> everyone here that your rice box is the best thing since sliced bread
>> cause
>>> it's not.
>>> HARRY  W4WST
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