[TenTec] Taken out of Context - Cleanliness of Old Rigs

[rick@dj0ip.de]

Terry, you are twisting my words.

I did not say all past tube rigs were better than today's rigs.
I only compared one of today's worst radios to yesteryear's cleanest radio - which was 50 years ago - in order to show that not all of today's rigs are better.  I could add another half dozen radios, perhaps a dozen to the FT-450D to show more examples.

You say nothing is stopping you from running any kind of nasty gear you choose.
Fine.

There is something stopping me:  my conscience and respect for other hams on the band.

BTW, I have not seen any comments on this topic from the Moderator.

Our group moderator is Mike, W2AJI.

73 - Rick, DJ0IP
(Nr. Frankfurt, Germany)



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From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of terry foskey via TenTec
Sent: Friday, December 11, 2015 1:14 AM
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Cc: terry foskey
Subject: [TenTec] Taken out of Context - Cleanliness of Old Rigs

 Rick, 
My comments regarding old rigs were taken out of context, my thesis remains, "Most any modern rig is cleaner than the rigs of old"  Sure you may point to some exceptions, perhaps some military grade Collins gear or something of the sort, but those are extreme exceptions.  Don't know what you tout as tube gear or early transistor rigs which outperform some of the modern rigs but you seemed to want to goad a discussion.  Further commentary from me regarding the use of old transmitters were related to FCC rules which allow growth to new technology also allows use of old technology.  Nothing prohibits me from operating even the worse offending transmitter on the air.  If I took a rig of Marconi vintage rig and started operating it on today's bands do you really contend that it would be clean as even a Yaesu FTDX 1200 or a Flex 5000?    I still stay I can any beloved Elecraft, TenTec, Icom, Yaesu, and any other rig I may have missed and cause more havoc with an improper set Mic gain or Data (audio input) gain, Speech Processor (on SSB) and Amp than you ever will ever see from Transmitter products with one of the offensive rigs you name.  I see exactly that every time I am on the air.  Does it excuse the OEMs, no, but as some of you have already done, speak with your pocket books.  For the big guy OEMs, they don't care that you are bashing Yaesu on a forum.  Regarding elecraft,  probably works good but ergo sucks, size sucks, buttons are like made for midgets or children, menu ops suck - other than that it probably stimulates some of you.  I'll stick with my Orion 1 and 2, the dirty Flex 5000 and the even more offensive FTDX-1200.  Has this topic about run it's course, guess not, the moderator is participating.
N5TF,
Terry
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