[TenTec] Pimp My Eagle

[rick@dj0ip.de]

Point taken, Mike, and it is indeed an important.

BTW, that new $649 FT-450D you bought is probably the dirtiest transmitter
on the air and shouldn't even be allowed on the bands.  This has been well
documented (the dirty transmitter) but of course the guys who test radios
are nice guys.  They just show the results and don't add opinions like I do.
One of the IMD signals on the 450D is 29dB worse than that of a 32S3.

TWENTY-NINE db WORSE!   SHAME ON YAESU!

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



-----Original Message-----
From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mike Bryce
Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2016 10:45 PM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Pimp My Eagle

Boys and girls 

All the "I want" sound amazing. 

But there are a few items that no one has mentioned that Ten Tec should do. 

Fit and finish. 

My friend has an eagle and the silkscreen is crooked and looks like the work
was done in a high school art department. 

My Argonaut VI ( currently broke) knobs are so cheap looking sometimes I
wonder who okayed that design. You turn the front knob and the back one
moves, too. That's a radio that sells for $999. 

The Omni VII I has to be  the best looking as far as fit and finish of the
newer rigs. I'd throw that rig against any import. 

I recently purchased a Yaesu ft-450D. As far as the fit and finish of this
radio, the Argonaut VI is an embarrassment. 

Oh, don't tell me about how much better the argonaut is, etc... The bottom
line is the Yaesu will get you on the air in all modes and all bands for
brand new out of the box price for $649 ($100 rebate included)

With all the wants on the list, dual screens, DSP up the kazoo, ten VFOs and
a spectrum analyzer  thrown in, if the knobs don't fit on the controls and
main tunning knob wobbles when you spin it....


That's my take. 

Mike wb8vge


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